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EDITORIAL. 




HE FAST closing year in the rather 
remarkable history of the United 
States General Hospital No. 36 has 
been a time of transition. Opening 
as it did while the world war was being wilfully 
waged, the institution has passed from a corner- 
stone of effort to a monumental structure of 
achievement. 

What is said of this hospital may, in the main, 
be said of some other institutions of its char- 
acter, but when it is considered that at no other 
post has there been such a vast amount of ob- 
stacles to overcome, it is evident that this home 
of reparation and restitution will be catalogued 
as a worthy exemplification of the sane and se- 
rious policy promulgated by the Medical Depart- 
ment. 

No Army hospital could succeed without the 
unbridled support of The Surgeon General of 
the Army. To General Ireland the local admin- 
istration is indebted for a co-operative attitude 
and plastic control. The policies of that admin- 
istration have only been curtailed when they 
might in any way conflict with the broader ad- 
ministration of all such institutions of recon- 
struction. 

No Army hospital could succeed without an 
administration which carries with it a sympa- 
thetic guidance and far-seeing vision. The se- 
lection of Colonel Cooper as the commanding 
officer and administrative head for a hospital, 
the nature of which was as Joseph's coat of 
many colors, was not only fortunate but showed 
very careful consideration and efficient place- 
ment. Under his directing hand, No. 36 has re- 
ceived and cared for approximately 2,000 pa- 
tients. All these without death; all these with 
new life and growth. It is a remarkable record, 
indeed ! 



In the assignment of administrative officers 
good judgment was exercised at all times and 
the adjutant and chiefs of service were men 
highly specialized in the nature of the tasks as- 
signed them. Where weaknesses were found in 
the official personnel corrective measures were 
at once employed and nothing was allowed to 
interfere with the fundamental processes which 
were designed to bring about the best results. 

The hospital is delightfully located — in the 
heart of the best residence district of Detroit 
and the advantages accruing from the location 
were witnessed in pass privileges and motor 
trips for the patients and enlisted personnel. 
There were always the minor complaints which 
accompany any Army organization and which 
are always expected, but these were obliterated 
by the compensations afforded by the geograph- 
ical location. 

The work at No. 36, whether it was to be 
done by the administration, the chiefs of service, 
the junior officers, the Army nurses, the enlist- 
ed personnel, the reconstruction, physio-ther- 
apy, and occupational aides, or the civilian em- 
ployees was always approached with the under- 
lying spirit of thoroughness and helpfulness. It 
was such a spirit as that which enabled the offi- 
cials to put across such a successful program. 

With the idea of giving those who shared in 
the life of this hospital a synthetic view of that 
very life, it passes here in panorama in the form 
of "The Thirty-Six Review." As the years 
hasten on and time blots from memory the suf- 
fering of our disabled soldiers, it is thought that 
this pictorial and historical publication will con- 
tain many a background for most pleasant 
memories. It is a happy way to keep these good 
friends with us always. 





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Major General Merritte W. Ireland 

The Surgeon General of the United States Army 




TO Surgeon General Merritte W. Ireland, whose untir- 
ing efforts as the administrative head of the Medical 
Department of the United States Army, have resulted 
in an Army that, considered in numbers, is practically free 
from disease; and have made for the most highly efficient 
and scientific treatment of the men who were wounded on 
the battlefields of Europe — to this man, who on his record 
stands extraordinary among men, THE THIRTY-SIX RE- 
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Lieutenant Colonel A. T. Cooper 

The Comanding Officer U. S. A. General Hospital No. 36 



THE ORGANIZATION of an institution the size 
of U. S. General Hospital No. 36 — these few 
words bring to mind no difficult picture when 
one looks at the hospital as it stands today ; 
but to Lieut. Col. Cooper, who arrived at 
this post on Nov. 1, 1918, and 
found himself to be the only oc- 
cupant and the main building in 
but a partly completed state, 
these same words, which 
outlined the task he had 
been sent here by the 
War Department to ac- 
complish, must have been 
the cause of sleepless 
nights and vivid, dis- 
tracting dreams. 

And yet, in the quiet 
manner which is so strik- 
ingly characteristic, he 
set about his task and the 
result is the hospital 
known, not only to De- 
troit and Michigan, but 
all over the country, as 
one of the finest in the 
group of Army hospitals. 

Strangely, and yet nat- 
urally, when considered 
in the light of the policy 
of The Surgeon General's office 
to devdop hospital facilities rap- 
idly and efficiently. Col. Cooper's 
part in the war just ended — and 
still going on as far as the Medical De 
partment is concerned — has been one deal 
ing entirely with organization. 

When the United States entered the struggle for 
democracy, Col. Cooper found himself on the Texas 
border, just having returned from a short sojourn 
into Mexico with the Pershing Punitive Expedition. 
He was at once assigned to El Paso, Texas, and as- 
sisted in the organization of the field hospital at that 
point. Then he re-organized Ambulance Company 
No. 3 and was placed in command. October, 1917, 
found him en route to France, but on the eve of his 
departure he was detached and sent to Camp Dodge, 
Iowa, to establish a base hospital at that point. This 
he did. 

In March, 1918, another task of organization faced 
Col, Cooper, as he I'eceived orders to proceed to Fort 




Des Moines, Iowa, to organize and establish U. S. 
General Hospital No 26. Rapid strides were made 
at this post, for on May 1, the first patients were 
received. When it is considered that "26" 
comprises all of the old Fort Des Moines 
Post, and that but two months 
were spent in putting up new 
buildings and remodeling old 
ones, the record is a remarkable 
one and one in which 
pride may well be taken. 
While at Fort Des 
Moines, Col. Cooper also 
organized Base Hospital 
No. 49, which was com- 
prised of students from 
the medical college of the 
University of Nebraska, 
and Base Hospital No. 79. 
Hence, with this record 
of organization behind 
him, it is easily seen why, 
when the development of 
U. S. General Hospital 
No. 36 was needed, and 
quickly. Col. Cooper was 
picked for the job. Past 
. J records may cause mom- 

\ ents of pride in Col. 

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derful development of this post 
should do no less. 

Col. Cooper received his B. S. 
degree from Bellevue College, 
Nebraska, and graduated in medicine from 
the Medical College of Philadelphia. In 
1909, he entered the Army, and one year later, 1910, 
was graduated from the Army Medical School, Wash- 
ington, D. C. After taking a special laboratory 
course in the office of the Surgeon General, he was 
assigned in 1911, to Letterman General Hospital, San 
Francisco, Cal., as chief of the laboratory service, 
The following year found him on duty with troops in 
China; and in 1912, 1913 and 1914, he was chief of 
the laboratory service for both the medical and sur- 
gical services at the Department Hospital, Manila, 
P. I. Fort Bayard, Texas, was claimed as a home by 
Col. Cooper in 1915 and 1916. Then, to Mexico with 
Pershing. After that, organization — organization 
that helped spell success for the Medical Department 
of the United States Army. 



Captain Robert Peterson 

Adjutant, U. S. A. General Hospital No. 36 



WHEN CAPT. ROBERT PETERSON arrived at 
U. S. General Hospital No. 36 on November 5, 
1918, and was appointed adjutant of the post, 
Col. Cooper was able to I'est assured that 
this phase of his administration would be 
well cared for. Capt. Petei'son 
has seen twenty years of con- 
tinuous service, and proudly 
points out that the entire time 
has been spent in the 
Medical Department of 
the regular service. 

His has been the ideal 
lot of the true soldier, 
having started in a 
"buck" and gradually 
scaled the ladder to his 
present rank. He has 
seen service in the 
Hawaiian and Philippine 
Islands, in Porto Rico and 
in Alaska. During six 
years of service in the 
Philippines the captain 
was awarded the Con- 
gressional Campaign 
Medal for Tropical Ser- 
vice. 

Again he proved "the 
soldier of fortune," for 
after four years of tiresome ser- 
vice on the Mexican border and 
along "the silvery Rio Grande" 
he was one of the few Medical _ 

Department men who accompanied the 
13th Cavalry in their dash across the bor- 
der in pursuit of Villa just four hours after that 
bandit had attacked Columbus, New Mexico. Capt. 
Peterson remained then continuously in Mexico 
under General Pershing until the close of the Puni- 
tive Expedition, and was again presented a medal 
for his faithful service in old Mexico. 

At the time of the outbreak of the war with Ger- 
many the captain accepted a commission in the 
administrative branch of the Sanitary Corps and in 
that capacity has been instrumental in organizing 
large Army hospitals in various parts of the country. 

Coming to "36" on November 5, 1918, the captain 
found only Lieutenant Colonel A. T. Cooper, com- 




manding officer of the post, on duty. It fell to Cap- 
tain Peterson's lot to immediately adjust himself as 
a large and important cog in the wheel of organiza- 
tion at this post. This he did without de- 
lay. From the outset the captain has been 
steadily on the job paying but 
small attention to any schedule 
of working hours. When there 
was work for the adjutant to 
accomplish. Captain Pet- 
erson was found work- 
ing steadily at his desk, 
smoking cigars continu- 
ously and rapidly, yet al- 
ways plugging ahead. 

As adjutant the cap- 
tain had charge of that 
necessary adjunct to all 
military posts, the Guard. 
Each morning his snap- 
py, "Sir, the Guard is 
formed," would make the 
Officer of the Day realize 
that a soldier of experi- 
ence was saluting and ad- 
dressing him. In fact, 
his military experience 
made for daily Guard 
Mounts that were con- 
ducted with a military air. 
His ability for organization 
has been well demonstrated at 
this post and the War Depart- 
ment is not to be criticised for 
placing a check after his name when an ad- 
jutant for "36" was sought. As adjutant 
his pen traveled many a weary mile as he affixed 
his signature to the reams of orders. His was the 
first office all newcomers sought and the last which 
most departing personnel saw. The captain's 
Regular Ai'my training has stood him in good stead, 
making him quick to see the weak spots and giv- 
ing him the intuition to bolster them quickly and in 
the right way. His abrupt manner and quick, curt 
decisions make him an officer worthy of the rank; 
while his merry eyes and hearty chuckle, combined 
with his sympathetic manner toward the enlisted 
men under his command, make him a man among 
men. 



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DESPITE the strictly military atmosphere, U. S. 
General Hospital No. 36 never outgrew its 
maiden name, Ford Hospital. Known to 
Detroiters, in fact, throughout the country, by the 
name of the man who built it and then rented it 
to the Government at a time when demand for hos- 
pital room was at high tide, the public could not 
accustom itself to recognizing this post as an 
Army institution. 

Its size, its beautiful architecture and its sur- 
roundings made it known as "the milhon-dollar 
hospital". In contrast the rental of $1 a year 
seemed but a mere formality, which in fact it was. 
From outer extremity to outer extremity the main 
building measured the same as the national cap- 
itol in Washington, 750 feet. 

When Lieut. Col. A. T. Cooper arrived to assume 
control for the Government on October 20, 1918, 
the main building was far from completion and his 
presence lent the only military atmosphere to the 
surroundings. Early in November, however, Capt. 
Robert Peterson, adjutant of the post, arrived, and 
from then on other officers appeared weekly. The 
nurse corps and enlisted personnel were detailed 
here in the early days of December. 

Work progressed rapidly on the main building, 
and in February the first wards were ready for over- 
seas patients. The constructing quartermaster, 



Capt. L. R. Douglas, assisted by Mr. Ford's repre- 
sentative, Mr. Albert Wood, and the utilities officer, 
Lieut. Roy B. Martin, worked untiringly, and the 
main building was made ready for occupation sec- 
tion by section. On April 1, the main building of 
four sections, five floors and 110,000 square feet 
of floor space exclusive of the basement, was turned 
over to the utilities officer by Capt. Douglas and 
"36" was marked "completed". 

The wards filled with patients as rapidly as they 
were finished. The completed wards gave the hos- 
pital a bed capacity of 1,500. In connection with 
all the wards were rest rooms where the idle hours 
of the patients might be spent. The wards them- 
selves were well lighted, large enough to care for 
the beds comfortably, and at either side large 
porches allowed the bed and wheeled chair patients 
to get plenty of air and enjoy the scenery. 

With the completion of the main building the 
administrative offices were moved into the rotunda 
and the third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors of the 
rotunda served as barracks for the enlisted men. 
The entrance on West Grand Boulevard was opened 
and the hospital swung into existence in full force. 
Each day, until its close, saw some new addition 
to make the life of the personnel easier. When the 
doors swing closed for the last time as an Army 
institution, one of the largest and flnest of Gov- 
ernment hospitals will have donned the "civies". 



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Views of Main Building and Grounds at "36 




^^Gold Leaf Members of Hospital Staff 




Arps, George Frederick — major, 
Sanitary Corps; seventeen months 
service; Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 
Camp Sherman, Ohio, reported at 
"36" January 1919. Will enter for- 
mer occupation, head of depart- 
ment of psychology, Ohio State 
University, on discharge. Married. 
Home: Columbus, Ohio. 





Bowles, Shirley West — major, 
Dental Corps; seven months ser- 
vice; Base Hospital 127 Camp Mc- 
Clellan, Ala., reported at "36" Dec. 
12, 1918, Detroit, Michigan. Will 
enter former occupation, dentistry, 
on discharge. Married. Home: 
Washington, D. C. 



Briggs, Edward M. — major. Quar- 
termaster Corps; nine years ser- 
vice, reported at "36" June 1, 1919. 
Occupation before entering service, 
construction. Married. Home: 





Dyas, Frederick George — major. 
Medical Corps. Eleven months 
service; Camp Logan, Houston, 
Tex., reported at "36" Jan. 3, 1919. 
Will enter former occupation, sur- 
geon, on discharge. Married. Home: 
Chicago, Illinois. 




Kidner, Frederick E. — major. 
Medical Corps; twenty-five and 
one-half months service; with A. E. 
F. in England and France from 
May 1917 to Jan. 1919, reported at 
"36" Feb. 27, 1919. Will enter for- 
mer occupation, orthopaedic sur- 
geon, on discharge. Married. 
Home: Detroit, Michigan. 



Hawkins, Joseph F. — major. Med- 
ical Corps; fifteen months service; 
Base Hospital, Camp Johnston, 
Fla., Base Hospital, Camp Eustis, 
Va., General Hospital No. 28, Fort 
Sheridan, 111., reported at "36" June, 
1919. Will enter former occupa- 
tion, eye surgeon, on discharge. 
Married. Home: Providence, Rhode 
Island. 




Sensenich, Roscoe Lloyd — major. 
Medical Department; ten mf^nths 
service; Base Hospital, Camp Cus- 
ter, Mich., reported at "36" Mar. 19, 
1919. Will enter former occupa- 
tion, physician, on discharge. Mar- 
ried. Home: South Bend, Ind. 



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Belknap, Clarence H. — captain, 
Medical Corps; twenty-two months 
service; Fort Benjamin Harrison, 
U. S. Base Hospital, Port Riley, 
Kansas, reported at "36" June, 1919. 
Will enter former occupation, phy- 
sician and surgeon, on dircharge. 
Married. Home: Detroit, Michigan. 




Conley, Bernard M. — captain, 
Medical Corps; twenty-two months 
service; A. E. P. in France, report- 
ed at "36" May 13th, 1919. Will 
enter former occupation, practice 
of medicine and X-Ray work, on 
discharge. Married. Home: Wil- 
mette, Illinois. 




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Brachman, Herman Joseph — cap- 
tain. Dental Corps; twenty-one 
months service; Self ridge Field, 
Mt. Clemens, Mich., arrived at "36" 
April 21, 1919. Will enter former 
occupation, dentistry, on discharge. 
Single. Home: Philadelphia, Pa. 




Corbett, John James — captain. 
Medical Corps; twenty-four months 
service; Fort Benjamin Harrison, 
Ind., Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., 
Camp Sherman, Ohio, Camp Custer, 
Mich., reported at "36" Apr. 6, 1919. 
Will enter former occupation, phy- 
sician, on discharge. Single. Home: 
Syracuse, New York. 




Christie, John Hall — captain. 
Quartermaster Corps; twenty-seven 
months service; St. Louis, Mo., 
Camp Wadsworth, S. C, reported 
at "36" Nov. 30, 1919. Will enter 
former occupation, railroad busi- 
ness, upon discharge. Married. 
Home: St. Louis, Mo. 




Devendorf, Louis E. — captain, 
Medical Corps; twenty-two months 
service; Camp Grant, 111., Camp 
Johnston, Fla., A. E. F. in France, 
reported at "36" May 13, 1919. Will 
enter former occupation, physician 
and surgeon, on discharge. Mar- 
ried. Home: Taft, Texas. 




Gardner, Cyrus Bunting — captain. 
Medical Corps, twenty months ser- 
vice; Camp Greenleaf, Ga., Jeffer- 
sonville, Ind., Rockefeller Institute, 
N. Y., West Baden, Ind. Will enter 
former occupation, physician, on 
discharge. Married. Home: Alma, 
Michigan. 




Harris, Earl R. — captain, Medical 
Corps; twenty-one months service; 
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., Camp Jack- 
son, S. C, Camp Sevier, S. C, re- 
ported at "36" Feb. 22, 1919. Will 
enter former occupation, physician 
and surgeon, on discharge. Mar- 
ried. Home: Detroit, Michigan. 




Marsden, Thomas Blaine — cap- 
tain, Medical Corps; twenty-four 
months service; served in France 
and Belgium, reported at "36" May 
11, 1919. Will enter former occupa- 
tion, physician, upon discharge. 
Single. Home: Detroit, Michigan. 



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Nevius, Pred Porter — captain, 
Medical Corps, twenty-three months 
service; Fort Benjamin Harrison, 
Ind., Fort Sill, Okla., Camp Custer, 
Mich., reported at "36" April 25, 
1919. Will enter former occupa- 
tion, surgery and practice of med- 
icine, upon discharge. Married. 
Home: Detroit, Michigan. 



Pearce Albert Roach — captain. 
Medical Corps; twenty-four months 
service; A. E. F. in France; report- 
ed at "36" May 20, 1S19. Will en- 
ter former occupation, doctor of 
medicine, on discharge. Single. 
Home: Dollar Bay, Michigan. 



Sage, Edward Orville — captain. 
Medical Corps; eight months ser- 
vice; Camp Custer, Mich., reported 
at "36" March 21, 1919. Will enter 
former occupation, anaesthetist, on 
discharge. Single. Home: Detroit, 
Michigan. 





Seale, Joseph f. — captain. Medi- 
cal Corps; eleven months service; 
Camp Greenleat, Ga., Yale Army, 
Laboratory School, New Haven, 
Conn., Camp Taylor, Ky., Rocke- 
feller Institute, N. Y., arrived at 
"36" Jan. 13, 1919. Will enter for- 
mer occupation, physician, on dis- 
charge. Married. Home; Fair- 
mount, Indiana. 



Stanbro, Gregory E. — captain. 
Medical Corps; twenty-one months 
service, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., Camp 
Crane, AUentown, Pa., Rockefeller 
Institute, N. Y., Mayo Clinic, 
Rochester, Minn., arrived at "36" 
March 17, 1919. Will enter former 
occupation, physician, on discharge. 
Single. Home: Springville, N. Y. 






Storey, Carroll Lawrence — cap- 
tain. Medical Corps; nineteen 
months service; Walter Reed Hos- 
pital, Washington, D. C reported 
at "36" March 26, 1919. Will enter 
practice of orthoepedic surgery, on 
discharge. Married. Home: Ober- 
lin, Ohio. 



Sqnier, W. CuUen — captain, Med- 
ical Corps; four years service in 
Regular Army, 11 years in National 
Guard, Philippine Islands, Cuba, 
China and United States, reported 
at "36" Jan. 2, 1919. Will enter 
former occupation, physician and 
practice of medicine, upon dis- 
charge. Home: Milton, Indiana. 



Van Gorder, Georse Wilson— cap- 
tain Medical Corps; twenty-four 
months service; United States, 
England and France, reuorted at 
"36" May 13, 1919. Will enter gen- 
eral surgery on discharge. Single. 
Home: Pittsburgh, Pa. 



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Allen, William Houge — lieuten- 
ant, Medical Corps; ten months 
service: Camp Taylor, Ky., New 
Haven, Conn., reported at" "36" Jan. 
3, 1919. Will enter former oc- 
cupation, laboratory work, on dis- 
charge. Single. Home: Louis- 
ville, Ky. 




Baade, Lester F. — 1st lieutenant, 
Quartermaster Corps; twenty-five 
months service; Fcrt Benjamin 
Harrison, Ind., Camp Zachary Tay- 
lor, Ky^, Camp Bowie, Texas, Ho- 
boken, N. J., Philadelphia, Pa., 
Washington, D. C, reported at "36" 
Dec. 30, 1918. Will enter former 
occupation, commercial work, upon 
dscharge. Married. Home: Fort 
Wayne, Indiana 



*Bramhall, Robert N. — lieutenant. 
Medical Corps; eleven months ser- 
vice; Port Riley, Kansas, reported 
at "36" Jan. 13, 1919. Will enter 
former occupation, physician and 
surgeon, on discharge. Married. 
Home: Fair Oaks, California. 



Cole, Frederick H — lieutenant. 
Medical Corps; eight months ser- 
vice; Newport News, Va., Walter 
Reed Hospital, Washington, D, C, 
reported at "36" Feb. 1, 1919. Will 
enter former occupation, surgeon, 
on discharge. Married. Home: 
Detroit, Michigan. 






DuBois, Charles Frederick — lieu- 
tenant, Medical Corps; twenty-five 
months service; Camp Greenleaf, 
Ga., Camp Crane, Pa., Base Hos- 
pital No. 130, Camp Humphreys, 
Va., reported at "36" April 10, 1919. 
Will enter former occupation, phy- 
sician, on discharge. Married. 
Home: Detroit, Michigan. 



Dwyer, Harry Joseph — lieutenant, 
Medical Corps; eighteen months 
service; M. O. T. C, Fort Riley, 
Kansas, Camp Custer, Mich., Camp 
Dodge, la., A. E. F. in France, re- 
ported at "36" May 3, 1919. Will 
enter former occupation, physician, 
on discharge. Single. Home: Chi- 
cago, 111. 




Heinie, Austin William — lieuten- 
ant, Medical Corps; fourteen 
months service; Camp Greenleaf, 
Ga., Camp Meade, Md., reported at 
"36" Dec. 17, 1918. Will enter for- 
mer occupation, physician, upon 
discharge. Married. Home: Mt. 
Clemens, Michigan. 



Hemingway, Walter H. — 2nd 
lieutenant, Sanitary Corps; twenty 
months service; Camp Dix, N. J., 
Camp Meade, Md., Washington, D. 
C, reported at "36" Nov. 10, 1919. 
Will enter former occupation, drug 
business, upon discharge. Single. 
Home: Point Pleasant, New Jersey. 

•Keceived Captaincy July 1, 1919, 



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Hood, Prazer — 1st lieutenant, 
Sanitary Corps; fifteen montlis ser- 
vice; Camp Greenleaf, Ga., Camp 
Hancocli, Ga., reported at "36" Dec. 
12, 1918. Will entor former occupa- 
tion, college professor, on dis- 
charge. Married. Home: Memphis, 
Tenn. 



Hubble, George Coffin — lieuten- 
ant. Dental Corps; eleven months 
service; Fort Williams, N. Y., re- 
ported at "36" May 30, 1919. Will 
enter former occupation, dentistry 
on discharge. Home: Pittsfield, 
Massachusetts. 



Hughes, James William— lieu- 
tenant. Medical Corps; nine months 
service; Camp Greenleaf,, Ga., Base 
Hospital, Fort Riley, Kan., reported 
at "36" Jan. 6. 1919. Will enter 
former occupation, physician, on 
discharge. Married. Home: At- 
lantic City, N. J. 





Johnson, John Birger Albert — 
lieutenant. Medical Corps; eleven 
months service; Walter Reed Gen- 
eral Hospital, Washington, D. C, 
Cape May, N. J., reported at "36" 
May 19, 1919. Will enter former 
occupation, physician, on discharge. 
Married. Home: Lowell, Mas- 
sachusets. 



Ketchum, Walter Harris — 1st 
lieutenant, Chaplain; ten months 
service; Chaplain's Training 
School, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., 
29th., Camp Sevier, S. C, reported 
at "36" on March 5, 1919. Minister 
of the Gospel before entering ser- 
vice; expects to remain in Regular 
Army. Married. Home: Savannah, 
Georgia. 





Kirksey, Oscar Thweatt — lieuten- 
ant. Medical Corps; eleven months 
service; Army Medical School. 
Wash., D. C, Yale Army Labora- 
tory School, New Haven, Conn., re- 
ported at "36" Jan. 7, 1919. Will 
remain in permanent establishment 
of the Army. Married. Home: 
San Marcos, Texas. 



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Leece, Robcil Henry — lieutenant, 
Medical Corps; eleven months ser- 
vice; Walter Reed General Hospit- 
al, Washington, D. C, reported at 
"36" March 1, 1919. Will enter for- 
mer occupation, physician and sur- 
geon, on discharge. Married. 
Home: Washington, D. C. 




Miller, Charles Dale — 1st lieu- 
tenant. Sanitary Corps; eleven 
months service; Camp McClellan, 
Ala., Camp Humphreys, Va.. report- 
ed at "36" Dec. 3, 1918. Will enter 
former occupation, hotel business, 
on discharge. Married: Home: 
New York City. 



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Murtha, Arthur V. — lieutenant, 
Medical Corps; twenty-two months 
service; Ambulance Co., 351, Camp 
Dodge, la., Army Medical School, 
Washington, D. C, Camp Zachary 
Taylor, Ky., reported at "36" in 
February, 1919. Before entering 
service practiced medicine; will re- 
main in service having received 
commission in Regular Army on 
July 2, 191S. Single. Home: 
Shepherd, Michigan. 




Reye, Hemrich A — lieutenant, 
Medical Corps; twenty-one months 
service; Camp Wadsworth, S. C, 
Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Port 
Ontario, N. Y., Plattsburg Barracks, 
N. Y., reported at "36" May 17, 
1919. Will enter former business, 
physician, upon discharge. Single. 
Home: Detroit, Michigan. 




Sinkey, Richard Eugene — lieu- 
tenant. Medical Corps; nine months 
service. Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 
Camp McClellan, Ala., reported at 
•36" March 15, 1919. Will enter 
former occupation, physician, on 
discharge. Married. Home: Toledo, 
Ohio. 




McRae, Donald Hugh — lieutenant. 
Medical Corps; nine months ser- 
vice; Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 
Rochester, Minn., reported at "36" 
March 18, 1919. Will enter former 
occupation, physician, upon dis- 
charge. Married. Home: Detroit, 
Michigan. 




Siedler, August — 1st lieutenant. 
Sanitary Corps; seventeen years, 
seven months service; Letterman 
General Hospital, San Francisco, 
Cal., Philippine Islands, Fort Mc- 
Dowell, Cal., Fort Levenworth, 
Kan., Fort Des Moines, Iowa, Fort 
Wm. McKinley, Philippine Islands, 
Transport Service on U. S. A. 
Transports Logan, Sherman and 
Sheridan between San Francisco, 
Cal. and Manila, Department Sur- 
geons' Office, San Francisco, Cal., 
Base Hospital 96 at Surgeon Gen- 
eral's Office, reported at "36" Dec. 
2, 1918. Will remain in service. 
Married. Home: Des Moines, 
Iowa. 




*Pope, William Hansford — lieu- 
tenant. Medical Corps; eight 
months service; M. O. T. C, Port 
Riley, Kansas, reported at "86" Dec. 
7, 1918. Will enter former occupa- 
tion, physician and surgeon, on dis- 
charge. Married. Home: Selden, 
Kansas. 




Scholes. Paul Seldon — lieutenant, 
Medical Corps; ten months service; 
Camp Grant, 111., reported at "36" 
Feb. 15, 1919. Will enter former 
occupation, physician, on discharge. 
Married. Home: Canton, Illinois. 




Venable, George Lyle — lieuten- 
ant, Medical Corps; twelve months 
service; Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 
Camp Upton, L. I., reported at "36" 
May 23, 1919. Will enter former 
occupation, physician and surgeon, 
on discharge. Single. Home: Os- 
kaloosa, Iowa. 

'Received Captaincy July 1, 1919. 



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Arthur, Edwin Irving — 2nd lieu- 
tenant. Field Artillery; twenty-one 
months service; Camp Upton, N. Y., 
A. E. F. in France, Camp Custer, 
Mich., reported at "36" April 10, 
1919. Will enter former occupation, 
teacher, upon discharge. Married. 
Home: Hamilton, N. Y. 





Anderson, Charles Edward, Jr. — 
2nd lieutenant, Quartermaster 
Corp; twenty-three months service; 
Syracuse, N. Y., Fort Wood, N. Y., 
Camp J. E. Johnston, Fla., reported 
at "36" Nov. 14, 1918. Will enter 
former occupation, advertising and 
printing, on discharge. Single. 
Home: Brooklyn, N. Y. 




Drake, Donald C. — 2nd lieutenant. 
Infantry; twenty-ono months ser- 
vice; R. O. T. C, Columbus, Ohio, 
Camp Sherman, Ohio, reported at 
"36" May 1919. Will enter former 
occupation, student, on discharge. 
Single. Home: Cincinnati, Ohio. 




Ehrhardt, Raymond P., 2nd lieu- 
tenant, Quartermaster Corps; 
twenty-four months service; Mobil- 
ization Camp, Syracuse, N. Y., 
Army Reserve Depot, Schenectady, 
N. Y., reported at "36" Jan. 2, 1919. 
Formerly employed in Wall St., 
upon discharge will enter railroad 
business as Claim Agent. Single. 
Home: Brooklyn, New York. 




Garrett, Roger V. — 2nd lieuten- 
ant. Sanitary Corps; twenty months 
service; Walter Reed General Hos- 
pital, Washington, D. C, Medical 
Supply Depot, Phila., Pa., Camp 
Hill, Va., Camp Stewart, Va., Sur- 
geon General's Office, Washington, 
D. C, reported at "36" Feb. 5, 1919. 
Single. Home: Washington, D. C. 



Gainey, Ralph J., 2nd lieutenant, 
Infantry; twenty-four months serv- 
ice; Camp Taylor, Ky., Camp Gor- 
don, Ga., Camp McArthur, Fort 
Sheridan, 111. reported at "36" Dec. 
14, 1918. Will enter former occu- 
pation, salesman, on discharge. 
Single. Home: Bedford, Indiana. 




Hines, Harley Cameron — 2nd 
lieutenant, Sanitary Corps; twenty- 
four months service; Camp Taylor, 
Ky., Camp Greenleaf, Ga., Camp 
Humphreys. Va., Camp Greene, N. 
C, reported at "36" Dec. 26, 1918. 
Will enter former occupation. Edi- 
tor, The Macmillan Company, Pub- 
lishers, upon discharge. Married. 
Home: Chicago, 111. 




Thomas, Adrian — 2ud lieutenant. 
Sanitary Corps; seven months "ser- 
vice; Rockefeller Institute, N. Y., 
reported at "36" Jan. 16, 1919. Oc- 
cupation, chemist, before entering 
service. Married. Home: Rich- 
mond, Virginia. 




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Miss Lyda Keener 

Chief Nurse 




Miss Minnie Eickenberger 

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Top Row:— I. Schoutz, E. Slater, P. Thornhill, S. Neubert, H. Sturrock, M. Watson, E. Mueller, M. 
Roach, E. Huette, E. Johnson, E. Rumberger, T. Sopko, H. Strout, E. Martin, E. Millard. 

Center Row:— R. Sesson, M. Greene, G. Russell, H. Falls, M. McLean, F. Thorpe, M. Harris, M. 
Maurer, M. Noonan, G. Rustad, M. Eichenber ger, K. Campbell, F. Campbell, A. Corrigan, T. 
Rossum, M. Rennie, M. DeMoor, J. Flynn, S. Musgrave, C. Thomas, M. Johnston, L. Britton, S. 
Glover, E. Ferguson, M. Irvine, H. Purdy. 

Bottom Row:— M. Ryan, M. Shotwell, E. Harger, H. Peck, H. Kallem, P. Wilkouski, P. Bennett, L. 
Keener, E. Kenny, E. Peters, M. M. Higgins, G. McCauley, L. Jentgen and H. Goff. 




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THANKS to the foresight of the architects of 
the Surgical Building, the work carried on at 
U. S. General Hospital No. 36 by Maj. F. G. 
Dyas as chief of the Surgical Service has been 
greatly aided by the well proportioned and well 
lighted operating rooms and amphitheatre orig- 
nally installed. Eight operating rooms connect with 
the amphitheatre, the latter being perfectly lighted 
by means of side and overhead windows and arti- 
ficial lights. 

Maj. Dyas arrived as chief of this service in Jan- 
uary, relieving Maj. H. D. Hatfield, who started this 
branch of the work here. Many surgeons have 
worked under Maj. Dyas, the channels of transfer 
and discharges making for continual changes. At 
present five officers are engaged in general surgery, 
Capt. G. E. Stanbro, Capt. W. H. Pope, Lieut. R. H. 
Leece, Lieut. D. H. McRae and Lieut. C. B. Gardner. 

One of the important divisions of the surgical 
service as applied to all Army hospitals, and "36" 
proved no exception, is the orthopaedic work. Maj. 

F. C. Kidner, with eighteen months' experience with 
the American Expeditionary Forces, has been In 
charge. Assisting him are Capt. C. L. Story, Capt. 

G. W. Van Gorder, Capt. L. Devendorf and Capt. 
T. B. Marsden. Working in conjunction with the 
orthopaedic department, and rendering valuable 
assistance, are the physio-therapy aides. Louisa 
C. Lippett arrived with a detail of "P. T.'s" early 



in the spring, and the tired and shattered muscles 
and bones immediately came in for daily massages 
and heating treatments. C. I. Freeman, athletic 
director for the Y. M. C. A., has also been working 
in conjunction with this department. Early in 
June, Lieut. J. B. A. Johnson, Medical Corps, was 
sent to "36" and assigned as director of the physio- 
therapy work. 

The head clinic, more familiarly known to the 
soldier as the place where ailments of the eye, ear, 
nose and throat are treated, is at present in charge 
of Maj. J. F. Hawkins, who arrived during the first 
week of June. Lieut. P. S. Scholes, assisted by 
Lieut. R. E. Sinkey, however, controlled the des- 
tinies of this department from February to June. 

Another valuable adjunct of the surgical service 
is the X-ray department. Fully equipped and able 
to "shoot" plates at an unbelievable speed, the 
X-ray artists have been on duty continuously show- 
ing the way to the surgeons. Maj. M. W. Clift, 
organizer of the work here, was discharged early 
in the spring, Capt. B. M. Conley replacing him. 
Corporal A. G. Wood and Privates First Class W. H. 
Powers and A. Zingrone have acted as the bone 
and muscle photographers. 

Two men in the surgical service stand alone at 
present, Capt. E. O. Sage, anaesthetist, and Lieut. 
H. A. Reye, neurologist. Be it general surgery, 
head or orthopaedic surgery, to Capt. Sage falls 
the duty of giving the anaesthetic. 

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LISTENING to hearts, feeling pulses and writing 
prescriptions are but a few of the duties which 
fall on the shoulders of the members of the 
medical service. At U. S. General Hospital No. 36 
the medical service, quite naturally, started when 
the hospital itself first got under way, with Maj. 
Ernest B. Bradley in charge. In January Maj. 
Philip A. Sheaff replaced Maj. Bradley, and in 
March the present chief, Maj. Roscoe L. Sensenich, 
took control. 

In addition to the numerous duties which are 



records of all patients are kept, and each morning 
through the post registrar, a report of available 
beds must be made to Washington. Of the 2,000 
odd patients admitted to "36", at least 50 per cent 
have been assigned to wards under the supervision 
of the medical service. The average of cases under 
the daily observation of this service has been 240, 
while the maximum has been 360. 

The treatment of gas convalescents has been a 
distinct feature of the work of the medical service 
at "36". In each case complete and thorough 
study has been given the individual, even to the 




performed daily by physicians in civil life, the Army 
status brings to the doctors many other responsi- 
bilities. The receiving ofricer, whose duty it is to 
admit all patients, holds a position which calls for 
careful and accurate work, and yet, necessitates 
speed. It is his duty to distribute the patients as they 
are received to the wards which handle their specific 
ailment. Especially does he have to be careful 
about detecting all contagious diseases, and also 
to guard against admitting patients in weakened 
condition to contagious wards. In this office the 



point of making X-ray studies before discharges 
are considered. The far greater percentage of 
cases handled has been convalescents from the 
effects of gas, pneumonia and organic heart trouble. 
The following officers have aided Maj. Sensenich 
in carrying out the administration of the medical 
service duties: Lieut. R. N. Bramhall, assistant 
chief of service; Capt. A. J. Pearce, Capt. J. .1. Cor- 
bett, Capt. F. P. Nevius, Lieut. H. J. Dwyer, Lieut. 
C. F. DuBois, Lieut. J. N. Hughes, Lieut. O. T. 
Kirksey and Lieut. W. H. Allen, receiving officer. 




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WHEN Maj. Shirley W. Bowles arrived at U. S, 
General Hospital No. 36 on December 12, 
1918, and assumed his duties as chief of the 
dental service, the only things he found to remind 
him that his calling was that of a dentist were a 
few aching teeth. These he was forced to serve 
the best he could, and in emergency cases send 
them to Fort Wayne for treatment. However, on 
February 3, 1919, Lieuts. John F. Drummond and 
Victor J. Shalek arrived with a portable field dental 
outfit and all minor cases were assured good treat- 
ment. 

On March 1 the dental clinic opened full blast, 
splendidly fitted with the best equipment procurable. 
In fact, the present clinic is better equipped than 
the average civilian dental office. Regular hours, 
from 8:00 o'clock in the morning until 4:30 o'clock 
in the afternoon, were established. In addition, 
each night found a dental interne on duty ready 
for any emergency. 

One of the features of the work carried on at 
this pbst by the dental clinic was a survey of the 
teeth of all the patients. This work was person- 
ally superintended by Maj. Bowles. 'Tis often said 
that "bad teeth make for indigestion and shorter 
lives." In this case, the personnel of "36" should 
enter civilian life ready to attack their three squares 
daily without thought of fear, for the dentists have 
led a busy life at this post, keeping on the job morn- 



ing, noon and night. Thirty-five to forty cases 
daily were easily handled. 

Maj. Bowles, chief of the service, is a graduate 
of the Philadelphia Dental College, finishing in 
1898. He was commissioned in the Army on No- 
vember 6, 1918, and for eight years previous to this 
was chief of the dental department of Georgetown 
University, Washington, D. C. Lieut. Shalek and 
Lieut. Drummond, who were on duty originally 
with Maj. Bowles, received their discharges and re- 
entered civilian work in April and May, respectively. 
Capt. C. A. Beurman, after eighteen months' serv- 
ice with the American Expeditionary Forces, was 
assigned here in May. On June 10, however, he 
received his transfer to Des Moines, Iowa. 

In order to keep the complement of officers up 
to its original number of three, Capt. H. J. Brach- 
man and Lieut. G. C. Hubble were added to Maj. 
Bowles' depleted staff. Capt. Brachman arrived in 
April and Lieut. Hubble in May. 

Six enhsted men, aU of whom had had previous 
dental experience before entering the Army, as- 
sisted with the work. Sgt. 1st Class Oliver F. 
Campbell was placed in charge of the enlisted per- 
sonnel. Sgt. E. L. Gelhaar, with two years' work 
to his credit at the dental college of the University 
of Michigan, was assigned as laboratory technician. 
Sgt. Frederick C. Schhpp and Pvts. 1st Class John 
J. Mvirtha, Robert B. Woolson and Joseph Zapf were 
the other enhsted men who helped make a success 
of the dental work. 



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HANDLING all of the laboratory work for U. S. 
General Hospital No. 36, in additioli to doing 
special work for Fort Wayne, has kept the 
officers and enlisted personnel in the laboratory 
service at this post busy with their test tubes and 
Bunsen burners, microscopes and slides, ever since 
this division of the work started early in January. 

The rooms set aside for the laboratory work were 
ideally situated, being in close touch with the sur- 
gical wards, and set off as they are at the end of 
the now-famous glass-encased corridor, were well 
lighted by the rays of Old Sol. In fact, when Capt. 
J. P. Seale, chief of the service, and Lieut. Adrian 
Thomas, in charge of the chemical work, arrived, 
they found everything needed for a complete lab- 
oratory except equipment. This was secured at 
once, however, and as more was added from time 
to time, the laboratory is now fully equipped to deal 
with all phases of the work at this post. A non- 
commissioned officer is on duty during the daily 
twenty-four hours. 

In the chemical laboratory practically any phase 
of physiological chemistry, including the most mod- 
ern methods in blood chemistry, are daily dealt 
with. Here, also, the many gallons of Dakin's 
solution, used in the drainage of wounds, is pre- 



pared. The preparation of this solution represents 
one of the most important duties of the chemical 
work. 

The bacteriologists have played an important 
part in the life of the "36" personnel. All food 
handlers have been subject to the beck and call 
of the bacteriologists. Each individual case has 
been tested in order to discover all possible typhoid 
or dysentery carriers. Each month a careful anal- 
ysis of the milk and water used here has been 
made. A continual fight has been made against 
the possible outbreak of diphtheria epidemics, this 
bacillus and another closely resembling it being 
peculiar to this section of the country. Much orig- 
inal work in Serology has also been carried out. 

Working under Capt. Seale and Lieut. Thomas, 
nine enlisted men with previous laboratory experi- 
ence have helped make the service a success. 
They are: Sgt. 1st Class A. D. Scotland, Sgts. N. R. 
Smith, Clarence Home, John Nelson, Paul Hollister 
and John Weatherhead, Pvts. 1st Class H. C. Koch 
and Alfred Holmquist and Pvt. Alfred Schultz. 
Lieut. W. H. Allen and Lieut. O. T. Kirksey, who 
ably assisted Capt. Seale in the early days of the 
laboratory, were subsequently transferred to the 
receiving office and ward surgeon duty, respectively. 



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THE Educational Service was in the process of 
organization at this hospital as early as De- 
cember, 1918, two months before the arrival 
of overseas patients. The staff at that time was 
composed of three commissioned officers and thirty- 
flve enhsted men. Major George F. Arps was as- 
signed to this post as chief educational officer; 
Lieut. Frazer Hood as assistant chief, and Lieut. 
H. C. Hines as director of general and technical 
education. 

As the work of organization progressed Mr. I. D. 
Charlton was employed as director of technical 
education and Lieut. Hines was released from his 
position as director of general education by the as- 
signment of Lieut. E. I. Arthur, to edit THE 
DETROIT AZUWER, a pubhcation then in embry- 
onic stages. During the months of January and 
February, the personnel was increased by the addi- 
tion of enhsted men as instructors and the coming 
of many reconstruction aides. 

Besides extra-mural duties devolving upon the 
shoulders of Major Arps, the chief educational offi- 
cer was compelled to work night and day to keep 
in operation the extensive program planned for his 
service. Machinery, space and tools were secured 
for the technical department and that division was 
soon in operation, until today it has proved itself 
to be all that was hoped for. These were secured 
by the energetic efforts of Major Arps largely from 
the War Camp Community Service, the Ford Plant, 
and elsewhere, the business of purchase falling to 
the lot of Lieut. Hood. Lieut. J. G. Harcourt was 



later employed as instructor in auto-mechanics and 
that phase of the work has been extremely popular. 
The department of general education started in- 
auspiciously, but by the coming of Lieut. Arthur, 
through the employment of many women teachers, 
that department assumed large proportions and 
attendance has been good at all times. A remark- 
able interest was taken by the patients in general 
educational subjects, the commercial branches hav- 
ing the widest appeal. 

Miss Rebecca Adams was appointed head aide 
and through her direction the work of the recon- 
struction aides has proved highly beneficial and 
educational. Instruction has been carried on in 
weaving, jewelry, basketry, tin and metal work, 
bead work, cartooning and poster work, chair can- 
ing, tied and dyed work, etc. Such work is highly 
curative and most enjoyable to the patients. 

Major Arps, having been appointed supervising 
oflacer of the hospital newspaper and publicity 
agent for the hospital, appointed Lieut. Hines editor 
of the paper. Several of the enhsted men of the 
educational service were given places- on the staff 
and, while the newspaper has been representative 
of the entire hospital, it was the product of this 
service. 

The work of the educational service being largely 
relative, cannot be accurately measured, but it has 
been far-reaching, and many of the patients who 
have passed through this hospital have been not 
only temporarily erudited, but influenced to proceed 
to higher levels in intellectual endeavor upon return 
to civilian life. 



Educational Service Administration 





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LIEUT. FRAZER HOOD 



LIEUTE. I.ARTHUR 




LIEUT.J.G.HARCOURT 



MISS. REBECCA ADAMS 



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To REQUISITION for, secure, have on hand and 
provide clothmg and equipage for a post the 
size of U. S. General Hospital No. 36 is in itself 
no mean job. Yet in addition to this, the Quarter- 
master's Department, under the direction of Capt. 
J. H. Christie, had also the task of securing med- 
ical and commissary supplies, furnishing transporta- 
tion, keeping record of all supplies on hand, receiv- 
ing and disbursing and the rendering of reports of 
same to the proper authorities. Also, it fell to their 
lot to voucher and pay all bills for supphes, as well 
as the payment of all employees, both enlisted per- 
sonnel and civilians. 

With the realization in mind that this multitude 
of tasks faced him, it must have been with some 
hesitancy that Capt. Christie began the organiza- 
tion of his force on November 30, 1918, with only 
one officer, Lieut. C. E. Anderson, in charge of requi- 
sitions, to assist him. In a short time, however, 
Lieut. L. F. Baade, finance officer, and Lieut. R. P. 
Ehrhardt, purchasing and contracts officer, arrived 
to round out the administration. Enlisted men were 
assigned to the post for duty in this office and "36" 
started receiving the necessary equipment. Early 
in 1919 the medical supply office was turned over 
to the Quartermaster and Lieut. W. H. Hemingway, 
Sanitary Corps, was continued in charge. 

After things started to run in smooth manner 



instructions from the Quartermaster General of the 
Army to discharge all enlisted men showing depend- 
ents placed the office in an entirely different status, 
as all but two of the enlisted men were discharged 
and replaced by civilian employees. Only two enhsted 
men. Quartermaster Sergeant Senior Grade V. C. 
Gessford, chief clerk of the office, and Sgt. Clyde 
Rhea, were retained. 

In addition to the officers and enlisted men the 
Quartermaster's office now employs forty-four 
civilians. Included in this number are Lieuts. An- 
derson and Ehrhardt, and Sgts. H. F. Keller, S. E. 
Gallagher and F. C. Landman, all of whom were re- 
employed when discharged. 

Only in cases where economic reasons or emer- 
gencies made it necessary were any supplies pur- 
chased locally, the balance being secured through 
the Zone Supply Officer in Chicago. A large ware- 
house at 390 W. Fort St., containing four floors 
and a basement, has been used as a stockroom by 
the Quartermaster. The emergency stockrooms at 
"36" being replenished from the warehouse daily. 

When this post is closed the Quartermaster's De- 
partment will then face another huge task, that of 
crating, boxing and transporting all material not 
disposed of locally. The disposition of the property 
will depend on the orders received from the Director 
of Purchase, Storage and TrafiTxC, Washington, D. C. 



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WITH the war over, and every man out of 
service seeking to acquire his former civihan 
outloolt on life, men walking by U. S. General 
Hospital No. 36 have been astounded to see through 
the palings an old-fashioned rookie drill, with new- 
comers to military circles assuming awkwardly the 
"Position of a Soldier," learning the meaning of 
" 'Shun" and drawing forth the wrath of the drill 
sergeant by faulty execution of squads right. 

Rookies they were, of the M. T. C, for since the 
fourteenth of December the Motor Transport Corps 
at the hospital has recruited thirty-three men from 
the city of Detroit, and these soldiers have seen 
stirring days handling the automobiles that act as 
modern Mercuries for the big institution. 

It was on December fifth that the first five men 
of the M. T. C. arrived at U. S. General Hospital 
No. 36 from Fort Sheridan, 111. Second Lieutenant 
R. V. Gainey, M. T. C., reached this post on Decem- 
ber fourteenth, and took charge of the four big 
trucks, the two small trucks and the three passen- 
ger cars that made up the stock in trade of the 
M. T. C. at that time. 

Growth in this department was rapid. By the 
middle of January there had been added seven am- 
bulances, six touring cars and four motorcycles. 
Sgt. Harold J. Lee appeared on the scene with fif- 
teen men. The first month was a busy one. Be- 



sides answering night calls when some patient on 
furlough was taken suddenly ill, and hauling supplies 
from the Holden Ave. siding to Port St., and from 
Fort St. to the hospital, and meeting trains, the men 
of the M. T. C. justified their right to quarters in 
the service building, close to the garage where the 
machines and the 1,000-gallon gasoline tank are 
situated. 

In all, each of the passenger cars has traveled 
more than 6,000 miles since December, while the 
light trucks have covered a similar distance. The 
motorcycles have checked up 2,500 miles each, and 
the ambulances 1,000 miles. 

Practically all the work of the ambulances has 
been in meeting patients at the Michigan Central 
station, day and night. Ninety-three wounded men 
was the largest single unit handled. Lieutenant 
Gainey believes the total number of patients trans- 
ported is in the neighborhood of 1,500. 

No serious accidents have occurred during the 
life of the M. T. C. here, but there have been minor 
mechanical difficulties enough to keep four repair 
men constantly at work. 

Sgt. 1st Class Charles J. Foote, who has recently 
i-eceived his discharge, proved an indefatigable 
worker in his department. Sgt. Harold J. Lee has 
been in charge of the department paper work, while 
Supply Sergeant Harry L. Manning has cared for 
that division of the work. 



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DOVETAILING the work of personnel adjutant 
and registrar for U. S. General Hospital No. 36, 
Lieut. August Siedler has had a job on his 
hands which not only places him in a unique posi- 
tion, but also kept him and his force working seven 
days in the week. His appointment as personnel 
adjutant and registrar at the same time placed him 
in a position which, according to his own words, 
he has never known to exist in his eighteen years 
of Army service. "It works out beautifully, how- 
'!'"'?''," the lieutenant once remarked, "for when 1 
want information from the registrar about a pa- 
tient in compiling his pay record, I merely have to 
give it to myself." 

The personnel office faced the huge task of mak- 
ing out the pay rolls of everyone here, with the 
exception of the officers. This meant that on the 
first day of each month that month's pay roll had 
to be started. Changes were numerous, and in ad- 
dition to making these changes on the pay rolls 
this office had to send a report to the Adjutant Gen- 
eral of the Army of any change in status, no matter 
how small. At the end of each month, just by way 
of reminding the men that paper work knows no 
end, a complete roster of all men on duty at "36" 
had to be sent to the Adjutant General and a copy 
of this sent to the different divisions, such as the 
offices of the Surgeon General, Quartermaster, 
Motor Transport, insofar as it applied to them. 



To the registrar falls the duty of looking after 
the service records of the sick and wounded. When 
they come up for discharge, more work is added; 
in fact, this office knows no end of duties as applied 
to the sick and wounded. However, by means of 
the dovetail system, when the personnel work light- 
ened, presto! — and the staff did work for the regis- 
trar. In fact, it worked both ways. 

In the work of Lieut. Siedler and his men one 
fact stands out prominently, namely, "pay call" was 
never sounded during any month later than the 
fourth day. This happened in June owing to May 
30 and a Sunday falling closely together. And in 
February the men received their pay on the 28th 
day. It is a record of which Lieut. Siedler and his 
"paper-working Medics" may well be proud. The 
following enlisted men were on duty under Lieut. 
Siedler: Personnel work — Sgt. Phillip Thomas, Sgt. 
Oscar A. Kinch, Sgt. Bertram Brandt, Cpl. Henry 
E. Stewart, Cpl. George Zapf, Cpl. Milton Moist 
and Pvts. 1st Class Sam Blankenship, Hamilton K. 
Hall, Henry D. Price, Leon M. Salmen and Edwin 
Walters ; registrar work — Hosp. Sgt. Looci, Jr., 
Sgt. 1st Class Allen McCarthy, Cpl. Harry Stone, 
Cpl. Stephen Steranchak, Pvt. R. W. Jordan and 
Pvt. John A. Smathers. Miss Huebner, Miss Krieger 
and Miss Eldred were employed as civilians to assist 
in the work. 



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IT TOOK the many visitors to U. S. General Hos- 
pital No. 36 a long time to become accustomed 
to the daily visiting hours, 2 to 4 each afternoon. 
It took them even longer to recover from the sen- 
sation of being stopped by a khaki-clad Medic, as he 
came snappily to "port arms," and asked them the 
whys and wherefores of their visits. And the mili- 
tary formations of Guard Mount and Retreat held 
the natives in the immediate neighborhood in awe 
each morning and evening. 

However, at all military posts guards are a ne- 
cessity and "36" proved no exception. Each morn- 
ing the guard for the day formed at Guard Mount 
and the old guard of the day before entrusted the 
post to their care. Majors and captains alternated 
as Officer of the Day, and lieutenants alternated as 
Officer of the Guard. The enlisted men of the guard 
walked post at all entrances to the hospital 
grounds, and here it was that they sent cold chills 
through the spines of the many visitors who tried 
to pass them. Here, also, it was that the many 
men who tried to leave the post without the neces- 
sary pass found that these men were on duty under 
orders. 

hi the evening, at 5:45 o'clock, the enlisted per- 
sonnel "fell out" for Retreat. The ceremony, tak- 
ing place as it did on the Grand Boulevard side of 
the hospital, attracted all who were passing, and as 
the lines of khaki stood at attention while the band 
played the "Star-Spangled Banner" and "Old 
Glory" was slowly lowered, civilians stood with 



heads uncovered. Retreat grew to be as much a 
part of the life of the passing evening crowds as it 
was of the soldiers. 

The hospital band, Jed by W. C. Bartleti, assigned 
by the Red Cross as musical director to "36," did a 
large part to attract the pubhc's interest in the post 
military formations. Discharges and transfers con- 
tinually changed the personnel of the band, but al- 
ways Mr. Bartlett succeeded in filling these vacan- 
cies and appearing with a band that could play, and 
play well. 

While the members of the Guard Company as 
members of the Medical detachment were under the 
command of Capt. W. C. Squier, as members of the 
Guard they were under the orders of Capt. Robert 
Peterson, adjutant of the post. 

The following enlisted men kept the gates of "36" 
well guarded : Sergeant of the Guard Ernest Clark, 
Sgt. John G. Barger, Sgt. Charles H. Wood, Cpls. 
W. F. Aldred, Clayton Long, L. J. Makix and J. G. 
Milliken; Pvts. 1st Class John Larsen, C. H. Mays, 
A. H. Mendendorp, Arthur Shaffer and Edward 
Tumilowich; Pvts. Harold Adams, Joseph Anderson, 
J. O. Brown, P. J. CaldweU, C. W. Dickey, E. D. 
Johnson, Bernard McCreesh, Harley Marple, J. A. 
Marra, Dale Miles, W. D. Palmer, H. O. Pearson, 
Andrew Reichart, Corrado Rivardo, L. R. Sheakley, 
J. P. Sheridan, C. H. Smith, Fi-ank Smith, A. A. 
Tyson, H. C. Umholtz, S. J. Weller and H. G. Wilson; 
Buglers Abraham Goldberg, J. D. Porterfield, Jesse 
Ray and L. F. Spicer. 




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AT THE time Henry Ford first thought of build- 
ing this hospital, now U. S. General Hospital 
No. 36, he very wisely decided that one of the 
most essential features of such an institution was 
the kitchen. Thus it was that Lieut. Charles D. 
Miller, when he arrived here to assume the duties 
of mess officer, found a kitchen that was spaciously 
proportioned, well ventilated, and finely equipped 
with fume hoods, tiled floors, glazed walls and glass 
ceiling that assured cleanliness and sanitation. 

Until the main building was completed in April 
it was necessary to feed all of the personnel in the 
Service Building. After that, however, nurses, pa- 
tients and enlisted personnel were all fed in their 
separate chow rooms in the basement of the new 
building. The officers still retained their original 
mess hall on the second floor of the Service Build- 
ing. This meant that in addition to operating four 
distinct mess halls, four separate kitchens had to 
be installed. In all cases except that of the patients, 
the kitchens were in close contact with the mesfi 
halls. 

Food conveyors, equipped like regular lunchroom 
steam tables to insure warm food, were used to take 
the food from the patients' kitchen in the Service 
Building to the various wards. In all wards sep- 
arate diet kitchens were located, and from these 
kitchens the patients finally received their food. 
For those patients who were able to walk to their 
meals, a large electric truck carried their food from 



the patient's kitchen to their mess hall in the main 
building. 

Of course. Army chow is Army chow, and com- 
plaints will ever be heard. Daily changes in the 
menus at "36", however, left but small chance for 
wholesale complaint. Served in the "rough" — 
meaning that table cloths and napkins are not used 
with the same frequency in the Army as they are 
by the "400" — the personnel at this post received 
food that was wholesome and well cooked. 

Lieut. Miller kept a small army of enlisted men 
busy at the work of preparing food. Seventy-five 
of the Medics were required to keep the kitchens 
and mess halls running. Twelve rated cooks, as- 
sisted by six student cooks, stood over the fires 
seven days a week to turn out the daily three 
squares. When the post first started there were 
but a few hundred mouths to feed, but as the per- 
sonnel increased and the oversea men arrived, the 
daily chow lines numbered over 1,300 individuals. 

Lieut. Miller's fourteen years' experience in this 
line of work made him the right man in the right 
place. Banquet steward for the Hotel Astor, stew- 
ard for the Hotel Knickerbocker, assistant manager 
and purchasing agent of the Herald Square Hotel 
and steward for Rector's, are some of the titles 
earned by Lieut. Miller before he was awarded the 
nom de plume of "Mess Officer for '36' ". The duties 
of Lieut. Miller growing to such enormous propor- 
tions, Capt. E. R. Harris was later appointed mess 
ofl^cer and Lieut. Miller has been dividing his time 
between the mess halls and the post exchange. 



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ONNECTED with U. S. General Hospital No. 36 

C there are many branches of the work which 
are not large enough to be grouped as separate 
departments, but which fall under the more or less 
meaningless head of miscellaneous. 

One of the most popular places at "36" has been 
the Information desk. Here the populace of De- 
troit presented itself to seek knowledge of sons, 
brothers, cousins, sweethearts and just plain 
friends. Here kind-hearted folk brought gifts for 
the men and left them for distribution. Here — at 
the smallest but busiest desk in the hospital — thou- 
sands of questions had to be answered daily. Miss 
Pearl M. Bennett of the Army Nurse Corps had 
charge of the desk. Assisting her were Mrs. Rose 
Chipman of the Red Cross, Cpl. M. S. Van Dusen, 
Pvt. Edgar Hughes and Pvt. Alex Krause. 

The dispensary, in charge of Lieut. August Siedler, 
gained quite a reputation early last spring when an 
early morning inspection was held at the post. The 
pharmacists were the only ones found on duty be- 
fore the "whistle" blew. A place of many mixtures 
and pills, yet accuracy and speed found a place. 
Sgts. 1st Class Fiske and Poorman and Pvt. Schirtz, 
ail registered pharmacists in civil hfe, held down 
the job. 

Starting without funds, in a two-by-four space 
in the basement of the Surgical Building, the post 
exchange developed into a "mahogany-finished, 
glass-encased department store," with quarters in 
the basement of the main building. Lieut. Charles 
D. Miller supervised the "PX". 

In a well-hghted room, opposite the post ex- 
change, the "36" barbers, under the direction of 



•Lieut. Miller, held forth. The installation of four 
chairs started a steady stream of customers, and 
Cpl. M. A. Wroton, Cpl. H. S. Chappius, Pvt. W. L. 
Thigpen and Pvt. J. E. Gladwell were always busy. 

The laundry, with a record of receiving 1,200 
pieces of laundry on Saturday, June 12, had no 
chance for rest. Twenty-five civilian employees, 
working under Supt. C. H. Springstead, and aided 
and abetted by four enlisted men, turned out the 
work. During the month of May over 80,000 pieces 
of work were handled, there being 19,591 sheets 
alone. Capt. J. H. Christie, quartermaster, looked 
after this phase of the hospital work. 

The post postoffice, in charge of Lieut. A. W. 
Heinle, has given constant, efficient service. Sgt. 
Jacob Shapiro, Pvt. 1st Class C. W. Foltz and Pvt. 
M. A. Wolfstein are the Medics who carry out the 
"Burlesonian" duties at "36". 

To the detachment supply office the worries of 
fitting out the Medics fell. That they were well 
equipped is due to these men: Sgt. 1st Class John 
Senkel, Cpl. J. L. Wilson, Wag. H. O. Akevey, Pvt. 
W. D. Smith and Pvt. W. M. Adams. 

Four men, Cpl. John Petzold, Pvt. 1st Class U. 
Bowers and Pvt. L. C. Bowlen, carried on the work 
of the Uralogical Chnic. 

To the civilian employees much credit for the 
administration of "36" is due. Charles Kohler, chief 
neer; R. L. Saumby, chief clerk; W. J. Hamilton, 
head painter; Leon Froebel, head carpenter; Harry 
Finlay, chief electrician; J. Maus, head steamfitter, 
and John Jaques, head plumber, have been con- 
stantly on the job seeing that their departments 
were running in A-1 shape. 



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ARRIVAL at U. S. General Hospital No. 36 for 
a large percentage of the men admitted to 
receive treatment for the wounds which they 
had suffered on the battlefields of Europe meant just 
one thing, HOME. Detroit as a city claimed many 
of the "36" patients as sons, while Michigan as a 
state claimed practically all of them as natives. 

Thus this hospital served not only as a great 
reservoir in which the wounded of this section of 
the country poured for treatment, but also as a 
home for the men who, though able to visit home 
and be visited by the home-folks in the wards, were 
still unable to be discharged from the Army because 
their wounds needed the constant attention of med- 
ical officers. 

It was early in February, the 9th, when "36" first 
began to serve the men from overseas, twelve men 
arriving on that day. Since the doors were first 
thrown open to the wounded more than 1,500 over- 
sea casuals have been admitted. At first they 
came in groups of three and four, later they began 
to arrive by the dozens. The largest assignment of 
patients to reach this post on any one day was 101 ; 
the largest to be entered on the receiving books 
during any one week, 170. 

As the days of the armistice lengthened the cases 
became less and less serious, the majority of the 
men arriving being listed as ambulant or walking 



cases. For this reason, many of the earliest cases 
to arrive were among the last to be discharged. 
Some few of the men who arrived here in the early 
days, while still confined to fitters, had to be trans- 
ferred to other hospitals when "36" took the long 
trail "West". 

One of the striking features which must have 
been observed by all those who came in contact 
with this hospital was the relative fitness of the 
men discharged — men who came to this hospital 
on litters, on crutches and on canes and left as 
normal men. Of the many men admitted more 
than 300 entered civil life with certificates of dis- 
abifity. Before receiving such certificates they 
were cured and made normal as far as it was pos- 
sible within the realms of medical science. Many 
took advantage of the offer of the Government to 
refit them for trades at which they might work and 
suffer no handicap in earning capacity because of 
their permanent disability. 

Home, hospital, school ,recreation grounds — these 
and many things more was what U. S. General Hos- 
pital No. 36 meant to the man sent here from over- 
seas. And with this in mind everyone connected 
with the hospital, from its commanding officer, 
Lieut. Col. A. T. Cooper, down to each enfisted man, 
can look to this hospital as one that served the war- 
scarred veterans sent to this post, well. 



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LIFE for the personnel at U. S. General Hospital 
No. 36 would have been mighty dull had it not 
been for the many diversions to the dally 
routine offered by the welfare organizations con- 
nected with the post — the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., 
American Library Association, Knights of Colum- 
bus, Jewish Welfare Board, Salvation Army and 
Detroit War Camp Community Service. 

When the enlisted personnel arrived at "36" in 
December, 1918, they were closely followed by rep- 
resentatives of the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. Such 
entertainment as could be provided was given in the 
Service Building. Theatre tickets were furnished 
through the Detroit War Camp Community Service 
for the leading Detroit theatres. At the Army and 
Navy Club Annex bi-weekly dances were given all 
winter, to which the personnel of this post was 
invited. 

With the arrival of the patients and the comple- 
tion of the main hospital building entertainment 
was provided in all the ward rest rooms in the form 
of victrolas and pianos and various table games. 
Later, through Mrs. E. H. Trowbridge of the War 
Camp Community Service and the Red Cross, 
vaudeville was provided each Friday in the Red 
Cross solarium. Noonday dances were also held 
there, at which time patients and enlisted men were 
given the benefit of free dancing instruction. 

During the first days of spring the "Y" hut was 
completed, and each evening entertainment of one 
sort or another was furnished. Pool tables and 
other diversions provided amusement for the men 



during the day. C. I. Freeman, athletic director, 
whipped his gymnasium into shape and caried out 
an extensive program of reconstructional activities. 

The Knights of Columbus furnished their sola- 
rium with pool tables, reading and writing tables, 
gave out cigars, cigarettes and pipes, distributed 
writing paper, and generally carried on work to 
make for better and more comfortable lives for the 
men here. 

The Salvation Army and Jewish Welfare Board, 
though each was represented by but one man, did 
their bit toward furnishing amusements ami.^ux- 
uries. The A. L. A., in its cosy solarium, cat'ered 
to the book lovers. In this solarium, books of fic- 
tion, books of instruction, all issues of all magazines 
and papers from all over the world could be found. 
For those patients who were unable to leave the 
wards, the A. L. A. made daily tours and supphed 
their wants. 

The following persons have been identified with 
welfare work at "36": Red Cross — A. P. Carroll 
(replaced as field director in May by W. S. Otis), 
Robert Phillips, A. W. McMillan, P. S. Fox, J. W. 
Jorgenson, Ralph McLean, W. H. Bartlett, W. A. 
Miller and N. H. Pearl; Y. M. C. A.— J. H. Lee, C. I. 
Freeman, M. R. Sawyer and John Hughes; Knights 
of Columbus — Don T. Galvin and D. J. Rooney; 
Jewish Welfare Board — E. H. Saulson; Salvation 
Army — Capt. Charles E. Marks; Detroit War Camp 
Community Service — Mrs. E. H. Trowbridge; Amer- 
ican Library Association — Miss Ehzabeth Pomeroy. 
All of the welfare organizations have worked in 
conjunction with the post morale office. 



Administrative Force of ' 36" Red Cross 



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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR 
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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR 
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M.R. SAWYER 




C.I. FREEMAN 



JOHIM HUGHES 




JEWISH WELFARE BOARD 




E. H. Saulson 



American Library Association Rooms 




SALVATION ARMY 




Capt. Charles Marks 



Knights of Columbus, Officers and Rooms 




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ONE of the first thoughts that struck the en- 
hsted men when they settled down to Uve their 
life at U. S. General Hospital No. 36 was some 
form of recreation. Being the basketball season, 
a team was immediately started. This team went 
through a very successful season, winning the great 
majority of games, which were played against the 
pick of Detroit amateur fives. C. I. Freeman, ath- 
letic director for the Y. M. C. A., coached the team. 

As the patients began to arrive in February atten- 
tion was given their needs as to recreation. A vol- 
ley ball court was built by the Red Cross on the 
roof, indoor bowling attracted many, and many 
minor games from checkers to indoor quoits were 
indulged in. 

Then came spring, and with it the fever to play 
baseball. This bug got into the patients, enhsted 
men and officers, in fact, invaded the nurses' quar- 
ters insofar as to make them ardent rooters for the 
team. A diamond was laid out on the field in the 
northwest section of the hospital grounds, the Red 
Cross furnished all equipment needed to play base- 
ball, an athletic officer in the person of Lieut. D. C. 
Drake arrived from Washington, and the season 
was on. 

Naturally, a team to represent the hospital was 
formed and started the season by winning eight 
straight games. However, the ball diamond fur- 



nished recre-tion to everyone connected with the 
hospital and the crack of the bat could be heard 
from morning till night. Patients, who could but 
hobble slowly about, stood out and played catch by 
the hour; officers took advantage of the noon hour 
and chased flies; enlisted personnal rushed to the 
grounds in the evenings, chose sides, and a game 
was started; and civilian employees took the field 
whenever an opportunity presented. One of the 
striking features of the ball field, however, was the 
attraction it had for the children of the neighbor- 
hood. Each night when dusk came on and interest 
on the part of the soldiers for playing longer lagged, 
the kiddies picked sides of from nine to sixteen men 
and played until the ball could no longer be seen. 

Other outdoor sports that attracted were volley 
ball, handball, high jumping, pole vaulting, broad 
jump and the dashes. To close a successful recrea- 
tion career for this hospital the welfare organiza- 
tions planned a huge athletic carnival for July 4. 
Events were arranged for everyone, including a race 
for wheeled chairs, and prizes valued at $700 were 
offered. 

The decision to forego the original plans to build 
welfare huts on the present ball diamond showed 
excellent judgment, for the benefit derived from 
this phase of "36" recreational life could be meas- 
ured only in terms of years. 



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FIGHTING one of the hardest battles of the war, 
that of impatience, the enlisted personnel at 
U. S. General Hospital No. 36 has carried on 
its battle to a glorious end in caring for the men 
who, returned wounded from France, were sent 
here for treatment. 

It was on December 14, 1918, that the Corpsmen 
of "36" landed in Detroit, reported and were marked 
"duty". The hospital at that time was in its em- 
bryonic stage, and duty to these Medics had many 
and various meanings. There was much office as- 
sembhng to be done, help was needed to complete 
certain phases of the building, there were windows 
to wash and floors to scrub, and for the office force 
there was paper work galore; for some few there 
was ward duty — those assigned to the wards being 
the only ones to whom the realization was actually 
driven home that they were in the Medical Corps. 

Then, during the last weeks of February, pa- 
tients began to arrive, in threes and fours at first; 
later, by the trainload. The term "Medics" then 
took on a real meaning to the enlisted personnel 
and they settled down to do their part in the recon- 
struction of the wounded with the zest of the typical 
American soldier. 

That they were able to meet their work squarely 
and enable their detachment commander ,Capt. W. 
C. Squier, to carry out his part in the administration 



of this post can be attributed directly to the train- 
ing these men had at Camp Greenleaf, Ga., while 
the war was on. 

At Greenleaf it was their province to drill the awk- 
ward squads and turn them out in record time 
"ready for action in France". Expert drill masters, 
they were denied the privilege of meeting the Hun 
face to face in order that others might be properly 
trained, and quickly. When the armistice was 
signed they still had hopes of reaching France as 
members of base hospitals. The War Department 
ruled differently, however, and Detroit was their 
destination. 

At this post they have carried on in the great work 
of fulfilling the mission of the Medical Department. 
When the wounded Yank wanted a friend he found 
one in the silent, at times a bit awkward, but always 
a truly sympathetic Corpsman. 

Lieut. A. W. Heinle, assistant detachment com- 
mander, has also acted in the capacity of recruiting 
officer and seventy-nine additions have been made 
to the enlisted personnel. 

Knowing that their commanding officer, Capt. W. 
C. Squier, who has led them in their work, can 
always look to their record and cite them as men 
who have "performed work faithfully and consist- 
ently", the Corpsmen of this post will return to 
civilian life with the satisfied feeling of "work well 
done". 



Personnel of Co. A. Medical Detachment 



Sgt. 1st. Class S. A. East, "Top Kick" 




MASTER HOSPITAL SEEtGEANTS — 

Lyons, Harry B., LaCrosse. Wise. 
McAndrew. Michael, Chicago, 111. 
Martin, John W., Topeka, Kas. 
Steigrerwald. Victor, Buffalo, N. Y. 
HOSPITAL SERGEANTS — 
Beck, Edward J., Beatrice, Neb. 
Emery. Warren, Detroit, Michigan 
Lovci, John Jr., LosAngeles, Cal. 
Sohler, Wm. A., Almeda, Cal. 
SERGEANTS, FIRST CLASS — 
Bassett, Amos T.. Mt. Sterling, Ky. 
Campbell, Oliver F.. LeA'ering, Michigan 
Clark, John D., Chicago, 111. 
Cotter, Arthur B., Williamantic, Conn. 
East, Stiles A., Coulteville, 111. 
SERGEANTS — 

DeLaRue. Geo. G.. Detroit, Michigan 
Barger, John J.. Petersburg, W. Va. 
Burkstresser, Chas. F.. Mt. Carroll, III. 
Brandt, Bertram H., Warsau. 111. 
Brenzy, Andy. Gallesville, Michigan 
Brierre. Theodore F.. New Orleans, La. 
Bush, Lyle C, Detroit, Michigan 
Carr, Gordon, Statesboro. Ga. 
Gavan, Albert, Detroit, Michigan 
Ciprke. Eai-nest, Wilsondale, W. Va. 
Cornelius, Percy A., Easton, Pa. 
Moran, Theodore C. Detroit. Michigan 
Parsons. Erie D., Port Huron, Michigan 
Kinch, Oscar A., Battle Creek, Michigan 
CORPORALS — 

Aldrid, Wm. F., Elbertson, Ga. 
Bacon, Edwin D., Philadelphia, Pa, 
Bardwell, Leland P.. Springfield. Mass. 
Barrack, Benj., Detroit, Michigan 
Bayless, Ralph F.. Shawnee, Okla. 
Bechtel, George H., Allentown. Pa. 
Bennett. Clyde M. Howell. Michigan 
Burns. Wm. T.. Milford, Conn. 
Buss, Truman E.. Allentown, Pa. 
Cassidy. Charles C. Philadelphia, Pa. 
Cissa. .Albert B.. Milwaukee. AVis. 
Clark. Francis P., Denver, Col. 
Conroy. Francis R.. Chica.2"o. 111. 
Covington. Harry V.. Wadslow, N. C. 
Knarr, Harry E., Cincinnati, Ohio 
Maki, Leonard J., Ishpeming, Michigan 



Messang, Phillip J., Akron, Ohio 
Olsen, John, Lacrosse, Wis. 
Staub, John, Muskegon, Michigan 
VanDusen, Maurice E., Schenectady, N. Y. 

COOKS — 

Charles, Ira J., Harrisburg, Pa. 

Hall, Dempsy, Alexandria, La. 

White, Harry F., Akron, Ohio 

WAGONERS — 

Akey, Herbert O., Petoskey, Michigan 

MECHANICS — 

Wodecki, Louis S., Grand Rapids, Michigan 

PRIVATES, FIRST CLASS — 

Baker, George W., Mechanicsville, N. Y. 

Bensing, Henry P., Frittstown, Pa. 

Blankcnship, Sam, Crestwell, Ark. 

Blazek, James, Chicago, 111. 

Bollinger, Mvron E.. Carson City, Michigan 

Bothwell. Charles E.. Duncamon, Pa. 

Bowers, Udona. Bowersville, Ga. 

Bryer, Wm. A., Linesville. Pa. 

Calbi, Michael A., Yonkers, N. Y. 

Capps, Augustus H.. Phenix City, Ala. 

Coberly, Joseph. South Vesuna, Ohio 

Cohn. Martin. New York City 

Dekker, John, Grand Rapids, Michigan 

Dubuque. Oliver. Detroit, Michigan 

Foltz, Clarence W., Mapleville, Ind. 

Gilkinson, Alva O., Vincennes. Ind. 

Grieff. Thomas F., Homeswood. Pa. 

Hall. Hamilton K., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Holmquist. Albert M., Chicago, 111. 

Johnson, Freeman A., Warren, Pa. 

Koch, Herbert C. Dover, Ohio 

Kuzigan, Garabed, Philadelphia. Pa. 

Larson. John Brooklyn. N. Y. 

Medendorp. .Albert H.. Muskegon, Michigan 

Mumma, Walter, Lancaster, Pa. 

Orelup, Edward L., Bridgeport, Conn. 

Porterfleld. John D.. Pittsburg, Pa. 

Pray, Joseph L., Ottawa, 111. 

Price, James D., Atlanta, Ga. 

Ray, Jesse. Helena, Ark. 

Renner, Howard D . Hilltown. Pa. 

Roach, Henry O.. Durant, Okla. 

Ruppert, August J.. White Mills, Pa. 

Rushing, Otto LT., Mangham, La. 

Salmen, Leon, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Samson, Herbert L., Morenci, Michigan 
Schertz, Lucien, P. A.. New Orleans, La 
Sheppard, John J., New Orleans, La. 
Tacy, Guy B., Huttonville, W. Va 
Tucker, Leon R., Millwood, W. Va. 
Tumilowich, Edward, Sioux City, Iowa 
Viles, Benj. R., Detioit, Michigan 
Walters, Edwin, Cleveland, Ohio 
Wilson, Thomas. Highland Park, Michigan 
PRIVATES — 

Abramson. Reuben. Philadelphia, Pa. 
Adams, Harold, Reading, Pa. 
Adams, Herbert, Davenport. la. 
Adams, Wm. M., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Albers, Harry J., Cleveland, Ohio 
Anderson. Joseph A., Detroit, Michigan 
Anderson, Joseph, Houston, Pa. 
Baldi, Anthonio, Ashville, N. C. 
Barton, Herman, Marble, N. C. 
Belmore, Earnest, Manistique, Michigan 
Berg, Oscar. Brooklyn. N. Y. 
Berry. James M., Pelger, S. C. 
Bowlen, Lawrence C, Wheeling, W. Va. 
Brock, Jordon, Madkeft, T\'. Va. 
Brooks, Lenand S., Malto, Ohio 
Brown, Jeptha O., Union Point. Ga. 
Buugess, Grant A., Brool-ilyn, N. Y. 
Bermeister Frank B., Skirls, Michigan 
Caldwell, James E., New York City 
Caldwell, PhilHi J.. Bethlehem, Pa. 
Cannon, Joseph. Sherry. Okla. 
Carroll, Bernard A., Oil City, Pa. 
Cartin, Clyde A., San Francisco. Cal. 
Chaloupek, Edward, Okssa, Okla. 
Chappius, Howard S., Warren. Conn. 
Cherasaro Henry. Philadelphia. Pa. 
Conti, Guissfeppe, Detroit, Michigan 
Dickey, Clair W., Butler. Pa. 
Drain, Lawrence, Westphilia. Ind. 
Frederickson, Edmund H.. Manistique, Michigan 
Hahn, Fred P.. Bangor. Michigan 
-Lunam. Clarence, Brockton, Mass. 
Lynch. Timothy, Shellyville, Texas 
MrCormick. Harry A., Almont, Michigan 
McDougall, Harry, DesMoines, Iowa 
Michalonis, Joseph, Shennadoah, Pa. 
Pasal, Bdwin H.. Chicago. 111. 
Sanbron. Albert R.. Foxlake, Wis. 
Soniat, Lucien I.. New Orleans, La. 
Tangey, Fred, Canton, Ohio 



Personnel of Co. B, Medical Detachment 



Sgt. 1st. Glass O. L. Noble, "Top Kick' 




SERGEASITS, FIRST CLASS — 

Early, Martin L., Lansing, Michigan 
Fisk, Edgar A., Lalisliell, Montana 
Flint, Raymond P., Battle Creek, Michigan 
Noble, Orion L., Watersville, Conn. 

SERGEANTS — 

DeLaPointe, Geo. C, New York City 
Fishburn, Berlyn W., Valparaiso, Ind. 
Frazer, Wilfred R., Calgary. Canada 
Gelharr, Earl A.. Detroit, Michigan 
Haynie, Frank C, Baltimore. Md. 
Hewitt, Raymond B., Canover, N. C. 
Hickman, James Jr., Pennsboro, W. Va. 
HoUister, Paul L., Signal Mountain. Tenn. 
Horn, Clarence A., Reading, Pa. 
Jorden, Rutus E., Montgomery, Ala. 
Miller, David, Phildadelphia, Pa. " 

CORPORALS — 

Deckard, Harry M., Marysville, Pa. 
Doughty, Francis, Bridgeport, Conn. 
Druek, Edward C, New Tork City 
Pritts, Hugh B., Lexington, N. C. 
Gaganis, Mike, Toledo, Ohio 
Gordon, Mark B., Eureka, 111. 
Hefferman, Patrick J., Caryville, Wise. 
Hoch, Alvin H., Belleview. Pa. 
Jackson, Reynold D., Seattle, Wash. 
Johnson, Prank W., Long Island City, N. 
Johnson, Oscar R., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

COOKS — 

Gaydou, Adolph. New York City 
Hamill, Walter J., Philadelphia, Pa. 
PRIVATES. FIRST CLASS — 

Demarco, Louis, Bridgeport, Pa. 
EUenbass, Jacob C. Zeeland, Michigan 
Fanelli, Anthony P., New York City 
Fitzpatrick. Thomas, New York City 
Geiss, Walter C, Chicago, 111. 
Graham, John, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Greenwald, Max, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Haley, Gerald, Apple Creek, Ohio 



Handros, Benj., New York City 
Hippensteel, Myles D., Nescopek, Pa. 
Holmgren, Alphonso, Ontonairo, Wise. 
Hoy, Wm. A., Norristown, Pa. 
Jackson, Louis, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Jernigan, Floyd L., Wayne, Co., N. C. 
Klaus, Frederick A., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Klein, Francis J., St. Paul, Minn. 
Krohn, Wm. W., Detroit, Michigan 
Schaefer, Arthur, Petersburg, Canada 
Stevenson, Avon B., Yorktown, Ind. 
Weidman, Charles M., Milwaukee, Wise. 
PRIVATES — 

Bond, Henry B., Detroit, Michigan 
Corbett, Robert E., Detroit, Michigan 
Gratondoni, Gialuco, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Crist, Cecil M., Evansville, Ind. 
Curteen, James O., Rochester, N. Y. 
Cyr, Napoleon E., Red Lake Falls, Minn. 
Davis, Walter L., Homersville, Mo. 
Deacon, Peter, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Dimmick, Forest L., Ithaca, N. Y. 
Drezdzon, August P., Milwaukee, Wise. 
Eagan, Wm. J., Summerville, Conn. 
Eichenauer, Edward H., Harmony, Pa. 
Elliott, Wm. P., Monacca, Pa. 
Ellis, James O., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Enoch, Mario, New York City 
Evans, Floyd W., Flint, Michigan 
Farris, Wm. H., Hereford, Texas 
Fenske, Leon W., Grand Rapids, Michigan 
Field, Edward A., Flint, Michigan 
Flinsbach, Edward M., Sensca, Pa. 
Fowler, Drew D., Cortland, Miss. 
Freeman, Joe K., Waynesboro, Miss. 
Fulton, Harold F., Sunbury, Pa. 
Galletly. Harry, New York City 
Garbarino, Joe, Cleveland, Ohio 
Gamer, Fred M., Wilk-ersville, S. C. 
Gauger, Harry R., Detroit, Michigan 
Goldberg, Abraham, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Grakauski, Walter, Bast Vandergrift, Pa. 



Green, Orris W., Perry, Ga. 
Griffin, Marion A.. Ringold, Ga. 
Groeinger, Gus A., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Guetschow, Elmer C, Detroit. Michigan 
Guniser, Walter W., Holland, Michigan 
Hagadorn, Willard P., Belloit, Wise. 
Hartman, Jos., Grand Rapids, Michigan 
Hertel, John W., Grand Rapids, Michigan 
Hodge, Warren C, Mercer, Pa. 
Hooper, Glen O., Dayton, Ohio 
Huges, Edgar M., Philadelphia, Pa. 
lannacone, Michael, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Johnson, Ewell D., Harkhorn, Okla. 
Jordon, Reive W., Neenock, Wis. 
Keesling, Lawrence K., Hamtramck, Michi 
Kercsh, Walter, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Kiburtz, Fred G., Monroe, Michigan 
Kitchen, Daniel S., Bloomsburg, Pa. 
Klang, Frederick B., Detroit, Michigan 
Klinger, John E., Dayton, Ohio 
Lanning, Water L., Ashville, N. C. 
Larson, Albert B., Rockford, Me. 
Lind.er, Edward W., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Lynch, John, Avenue, L. J., N. Y. 

McCready, Bernard, Ludlow, Wis. 

McCresh, Bernard, New York City 

Marple, Harley H., Peoria, 111. 

Mehalko, Frank, Vintondale, Pa. 

Nies, Samuel R., Reading, Pa. 

Norby, Christian E., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Obringer, Peter, St. Henry, Ohio 

Olsen, Martin, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Reichart, Andrew, New York City 

Rogers, Frank, Manhattan, Nev. 

Schisko, Henry J., Detroit, Michigan 

Scott, Henry G., Ely, Nev. 

Serotkowicz, Peter, Detroit, Michigan 

Sladky, Joseph, Peoria, 111. 

Smith, Frank, E. St. Louis, 111. 

Stark, Wm. F., Milwaukee, Wis. 

Westman, Edward L., Franklin, Mass. 

Wiggins, Russell B., Parkersburg, W. Va. 



Personnel of Co. C, Medical Detachment 



Sgt. J. D. Mallory, "Top Kick" 




SERfiEANTS, FIRST CLASS — 

Langley, Arthur W., Three Rivers, Michigan 

McCIendon. Homer, Opelika, Ala. 

Mallery, LeRoy M., Corinth, N. Y. 

Moore. Glen R.. Flint, Michigan 

Poorman, Harry W., Pittsburg, Pa. 

SERGEAIVTS — 

Keane, Michael S., Ithaca, N. T. 

Keeler, Bradford L., Waterloo. Conn. 

Kerstetter, Charles, Shamokin. Pa. 

McPadden, Wm. E., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mallory. John D., Toledo, Ohio 

Myers, Landon, Brazil, Ind. 

Nelson. John B.. Newbury. Mass. 

Schlipp, Frederick C, Waterbury, Conn. 

Schultz, Abraham, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

CORPORALS — 

Johnson, Walter, New Haven, Conn. 

Jones, Sam O., Joppa, TU. 

Kahn, George P.. Carlisle, Pa. 

Leith. Curtis, New York City 

Long, Clayton. Jackson, Michigan 

Martin, Robert C, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mason, Fred M., Sharon. Pa. 

Moist. Milton E.. Harrisburg, Pa. 

MuUikan. James D., Kirklin, Ind. 

Petzold, John, Green Cove Springs. Fla. 

Sexauer, Fred, New York City 

COOKS — 

McFall. John B., Bridgeport. Conn. 

Page, Florence A.. Hartsville. Ga. 

Pratt, Wm., Maurae, Ga. 

PRIVATES, FIRST CLASS — 

Levenson. Isidore, New York City 

Litz, Wm. E.. Rockville, Conn. 

McCready, Bernard T.. Fondulac, Wis. 

Magalski. Edward. Promptown. Pa. 

Martin, John L.. Newport, R. I. 

Martucci, Rascall, Philadelphia. Pa. 

Mays, Charlie H., Pope, Pa. 

Murtha, John J., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Nock, Godfrey, Detroit, Michigan 
Nutten, Donald D.. Plansville, Michigan 
Owen. Reuben, Louise, Miss. 
Patterson. Mont L.. Smithville, Tenn. 
Paulik, Wm. M., West Newton, Pa. 
Pell, Gerald S., Plainwell, Michigan 
Pell, Harry, Plainwell, Michigan 
Perry, Homer, McMinville, Tenn. 
Petit, Eugene. Providence, R. I. 
Rake. Louis. Cardesia, Pa. 
Reid, Wm. A., Oshanten, Pa. 
Reinhardt. Oscar C, Philadelphia. Pa. 
Rigolet, Harold A., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

PRIVATES — 

Anderson. Jay E.. Andrews. Ind. 
Brayovitch. George T., Detroit. Michigan 
Carr, Merle G., Jackson, Michigan 
Duggan, Charles. Gladwin. Michigan 
Eagleson, Henry E., Detroit. Michigan 
Feucht. Harry P., Detroit, Michigan 
Huson, William R.. Toledo. Ohio 
Krause, Alexander R.. Brooklyn. N. Y. 
Lechleidner. John S., Milwaukee. Wise. 
Leliter, Leon A., Rolling Prairie, Ind. 
Levy, Gustave, New York City 
Lofy, Frank W., Milwaukee, Wis. 
McCraney, Elza O., Jasper, Ind. 
McDonald, Homer. Pittsburg. Okla. 
McNulty, John L.. Hudson. Michigan 
Malo, Berney, Detroit, Michigan 
Marr. James, Wetumka, Okla. 
Marra, Joseph A., Tintchville, Conn. 
Marshall. David S.. Sampson. Ala. 
Maynard. Frank H., Aberdeen, Miss. 
Mvles. Dale W., Council Bluffs, la. 
Milka, John. Detroit, Michigan 
Miller, Samuel, Montecillo, Ky. 
Minnich. Elwood T.. Detroit. Michigan 
Moon, Everett, Attalla, Ala. 
Moore. Forrest H., Rome, Ga. 



Moore. Walter, Jackson, Michigan 

Morehouse, Andrew C, Stafford, Conn. 

Nocilla, Salvatore, New York City 

Nones, Hiram T., Ozone Park, N. Y. 

O'Keefe. "William J., Detroit, Michigan 

Olari, Luigi, Atlantic City, N. J. 

Osytek, Stanley, Grand Rapids. Michigan 

Palleschi, Angelo, Bristol, Conn. 

Palmer, Willard D., Lakeville, Conn. 

Patterson, Isham L., Way Cross, Ga. 

Payne, Albert D., Chalybeate, Tenn. 

Pierson, Harry O., Sprin.gs City, Pa. 

Pelligrini, Joseph, Monto, Pa. 

Pepe, Anthony, New York City 

Peterson, Victor E., Minneapolis, Wis. 

Pfautz, Martin M., Lancaster, Pa. 

Piplow, Earnest, New York City 

Porath, Herbert E., Milwaukee, Wis. 

Povish, Anthony, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Pruett, Chester J., Fort Payne. Ala. 

Puis. George H.. Sheboygan. Wis. 

Ralston. Elba. Chandler. Okla. 

Ramsey, James. Cleveland, Tenn. 

Reardon. Charles A., Cincinnati. Ohio 

Reed, Witmore W., Bridgeport. Conn. 

Riddle, James E.. Dexter. Mo. 

Ridings, Columbus, Inman, S. C. 

Rivardo. Corrado. New York City 

Rivardo, Marino. New York City 

Robinson. Elmer E.. Rockland, Ohio 

Roeske. Arthur, Wantoma, Wis. 

Saab, Thonios M., "Wallace. W. Va. 

Salvatore, Emmo, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Santarelli, Dominik, Pittock. Pa. 

Saretta, Wilfred, Cross Venoa, Conn. 

Schulenburg, Gustave A., Long Island City, N. Y. 

Schultz, Alfred S., Palm, Pa. 

Scott. William, Mettesville, Ga. 

Shea, Edward F., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Smathers, John A., Sharpsburg, Ky. 

Wieters, Bmil, Marion, Texas 



Personnel of Co. D, Medical Detachment 

Sgt. 1st. Glass L. H. Grueter, "Top Kick" 



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SERGEANTS, FIRST CLASS — 
Grueter, Leo H., Dorchester, Mass. 
McCarthy, Allen J., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Reid, David R., Margarstville, N. C. 
Sarre, Alphonso J., New Orleans, La. 
Scotland, Andrew D., Cohors, N. Y. 
Senkel, John, New York City 
Smith, Harold H., Indianapolis, Ind. 

SERGEANTS — 

McCreary, Jistice M., Toledo, Ohio 
Shapiro, Jacob, New York City 
Smith, Nathan R., Ludlow, Vt. 
Thalaker, Bush E., Petersburg, W. Va. 
Thomas, Philip W., Scottsville, Michigan 
Weatherhead, John F., Moline, 111. 
Wilbur, Raymond T., Walofole, Mass. 
Wilson, Henry B., Chillicothe, Ohio 
Wood, Charles H., Westfleld, N. J. 
Wray, James P., Norman Station, Ind. 

CORPORALS. — 

Skew, John D., Ellsworth, Michigan 
Sleichter, Mark H., Skuoebsvyrgm, Va. 
Steinberg, Arthur, Armge, Mass. 
Strranchak, Stephen, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Stewart, Henry B., Helena, Mont. 
Stone, Harry, New Haven, Conn. 
Suneson, Andrew M., Ogenia, Wis. 
Ward, Kenneth M., Slagle, W. Va. 
Wilson, Joseph L., Freneau, N. J. 
Wirth, Wm. A., Jersey City, N. J. 
Wood, Arthur G.. Philadelphia, Pa. 
Sapf, George F.. McKees Rocks. Pa. 

COOKS — 

Arnett, John D.. Proctor, W. Va. 
Arrant, James O., Columbus, Ga, 
Brooks, Tennyson, Congress, Ga. 
Burgess, James, McCurtain, Okla. 
Coble, Alomzo, Abers'ille, Ga. 
Gast, Fotos, Reading, Pa. 
Hooper, Archie J., Daytona, Fla. 



Riffel, Sol L., Okeen, Okla. 
Snyder, Thomas A., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Tartaglio, Mike, Butler, Pa. 
Ulrich. Paul, St. Louis, Mo. 
PRIVATES, FIRST CLASS — 
Ramey, Albert, Portsmouth, Ohio 
Rose, Glen J.. Hamilton, Michigan 
Scrivani, Louis, New York City 
Slack. John R., Leslie, Michigan 
Teudhope, Charles A., Brie, Pa. 
Towery, Clarence B., Tuckapau, S. C. 
Wall, Charley, Thompson, Ga. 
Weishopf, John S., Skiatook, Okla. 
Westray, Edgar F., Great Bend, Kas. 
Woolson, Robert D., Mt. Vernon, O. 
Zapf, Joseph T.. McKees Rocks, Pa. 
Zingrone, Anthony, Chicago, 111. 
PRIVATES — 

Blackstock, Raleigh J., Jalong, N. C. 
Costigan, George J., Toledo, Ohio 
Dillard, George W., Detroit, Michigan 
Korotky, Joseph J., New York City 
Krug, Michael, Detroit, Michigan 
PerLee, Clarence R., Detroit, Michigan 
Powell, Richard, Central Falls, R. I. 
Kae. William R., Detroit, Michigan 
Schultz, Frank F., Menominee, Mich. 
Scoggins, Rutus S., Stravia, Ala. 
Scott, Clyde, Lake View, S. C. 
Sheakley, Lewellyn, Petrolia, Pa. 
Sheridan, John P., New York City 
Shkowduk, Alexander, Butler, Pa. 
Silvester, Guiseppe, New Castle, Pa. 
Smith, Clarence H., Dingmana Ferry, Pa. 
Smith, Frank, South Knoxville, Tenn. 
Smith, Harry S., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Smith, James C, Doerun, Ga. 
Smith, Wm. D., Waynesboro, Miss. 
Specht, Amandus E., Red Hill, Pa. 
Spence, Charlie J., Redland, Okla. 
Sperry, Ray, Chillicothe, Mo. 



Spicer, Lloyd F., Carbon, Minn. 
Stange, Einar. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Stevens, Hoover H., Micongo, Ga. 
Stevens, George W., Thomastown, Michigan 
Stitzer, Charles F., Oley, Pa. 
St. John, Ormand D., Brookneal Camel, Va. 
Sullish, Chas., Detroit, Michigan 
Sullens, John W., Daholnega, Ga. 
Tanguay, Arthur, Detroit, Michigan 
Tavlin, Harry, S. Norwalk, Conn. 
Thigpen, Wm. L., Greeneta, Miss. 
Tinner, Wm. A., Holdan, Mo. 
Trovato, Salvatore, New York City 
Tyson, Alfred A., Caruthersville, Mo. 
Umholtz, Harry C, Klingerstown, Pa. 
Vance, Samuel B. H., Wicheta, Ka. 
Vansovich, Cassimer, Harmony, Pa. 
Vasselopulos, Demetreos, Hattiesburg, Miss. 
Vender, Joseph, Old Forge, Pa. 
Venture, Laruzzo, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Voland, Edwin A., Cabot, Pa. 
Walls, Oliver J., Columbus, Ala. 
Wederiski. James J.. Beadselly, Kas. 
Weihe, Raymond, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Weller, Samuel J., Montgomery, Pa. 
Wheeler, Norman M., Battle Creek, Mich. 
Whitmore, Berry, Athens, Ga. 
Williams, Howard F.. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Williams, Milton G.. Reanalara, Miss. 
Wilson. Clyde F., Otto, W. Va. 
Wilson, Henry G., Chicago, 111. 
Wilson, Stanley, Ballentine, Miss. 
Witman, Frank, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Wolfe, Abe, Atlanta. Ga. 
Wolfstein. Nathan A.. Cincinnati, Ohio 
Woofers, Henry C, Winston Salem. N. C. 
Wright, Geo. W., Landsville, Ga. 
Wroten, Marion A., Russum, Miss. 
Zanoni, Guisseppe, New York City 
Zervanos, John A., Reading, Pa. 
Zukowski, Frank J., Detroit, Michigan 








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OF the many hospital newspapers Surgeon Gen- 
eral Ireland has said: "These papers are but 
another remedy which the Medical Depart- 
ment is sending along, one that is easy to take, and 
has immediate and satisfactory results." 

To THE DETROIT AZUWER fell the lot of being 
the remedy sent to U. S. A. General Hospital No. 36. 
As a paper it has led a varied hfe, having appeared 
in three different sizes. It started as an eight-page, 
six-column publication, increased to eight columns, 
and was subsequently reduced to five columns. It 
has been published weekly for twenty-one weeks, 
and as a remedy for the patients and enlisted men, 
officers and nurses, it has been all that the prescrip- 
tion called for. 

The columns of THE AZUWER have been used 
toward one end only — that of bettering the life of 
the soldier. Where it could interpret the word of 
the Government to the soldier it has done so. When 
it could interpret the life of the soldier to the Gov- 
ernment, this too, has been done. And at all times 
it has done its part to keep the men within the hos- 
pital in touch with the folks at home and the public 
in general. Its mission, then, has been varied. Con- 
sidering all phases, it has been a remarkable suc- 
cess. 

The paper was organized in January, 1919, by 
Lient. H. C. Hines, its editor, and the original staff 
was gleaned from the Educational Service and Med- 
ical Detachment. Additional personnel was soon 
added from the Section of General Publicity of the 
Surgeon General's office. Among these were Hos- 
pital Sergeant Henry G. Hullflsh, who was made 
managing editor, and Sergeant Joseph J. Quinlin, 
who took over the circulation department. With 



the services of Hospital Sergeant E. J. Beck as mag- 
azine editor and Corporal H. E. Knarr as advertising 
manager, the staff was in good shape to issue a 
creditable paper. In the field of art Ruth Ann Wil 
bur, reconstruction aide, became the staff artist 
and Corporal Joseph E. Kuczynski, the staff photog- 
rapher. The employment of H. C. L. Jackson as 
news editor was a wise selection and the news de- 
partment was further augmented by the addition 
of Corporal E. D. Bacon and Ruth I. Downey as 
reporters. Other members of the staff who gave 
good service to the paper from time to time were: 
Private H. F. Williams, photographer; Private 
George Stevens, Sergeant G. Schuhriemen, Ser- 
geant J. A. Zastrow and Private First Class E. G. 
Hacker, all of the advertising staff; and Sergeant 
First Class G. R. Moore, Sergeant Erie D. Parsons 
and Private First Class A. H. Capps, all of the cir- 
culation department. 

The Chief Educational Officer, Major George F. 
Arps, was appointed supervising officer of the paper 
and through his efforts the publication received 
good publicity in the city of Detroit. It was first 
sold by men in uniform. An order from Washing- 
ton, however, dispensed with this plan, and the Boy 
Scouts volunteered their services to distribute the 
paper. This was continued until the summer vaca- 
tion and since that time the paper has not been 
soM on the streets. 

Starting without one cent of capital, THE DE- 
TROIT AZUWER has been more successful than 
was anticipated, and much more successful than 
many other hospital papers. It has paid as it went 
and closes its career with a clean slate. The staff 
confronted a difficult task, but, with all the vicissi- 
tudes, the work was accomplished in a meritorious 
manner. 



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Publis hed by Soldiers for Soldier • Patients at United States Army General Hospital, No. 36, Detroit, Mich. ^ 

^ ' DETROIT, MICH., WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1919, FIVE CENT3. 



AMERICANISM' KEY AT LEGION CAUCUS 



Two Get Coveted 
Croix De Guerre 
At Hospita l "36" 

Col. Cooper Pins French Decoration 

On Wounded Veterans of 32nd 

Division in Detroit 



Two Members of 32nd Division 

Win French Croix de Guerre 



Thousande of eyes vrcre tamed on two heroes Wednwday 
a/tarnoon at retreat u they stood on the law-n of Hospital No. 
36, while Col A. T. Cooper, commandintr officer, pinned upon 
their bresats tho medal of honor of France — tba Croix de 

'In the name of the Republic of France and in token of 
your outetanding valor, by authority of the War Department, 
this medal ia presented to you," were the words of the Colonel 
33 he pinned the Croix dc Guene on Cpl. Harold B. Emerwin. 

Colonel Cooper repeated these words as he placed the for- 
eign bronze above the left bre4isl pocket of Spt. William Luien- 
bki, beside the Distinguished Service CnDsa that had been 
awarded him by hii. own Government, 
Then from the hundreds who' 



lined the iron fence of the hoa- 
pita] there aiose an applaubC 
which was silenced only when 
the hospital band began to play 
the National Anthem as the 
flag for which the two decorat- 
ed aoldicru had pledged to give 
"Iheir all," descended. 

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with [Kitli-niB Id ichftl ctiulrs wlio 
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43 VETERANS 

GET RELEASE 



Former Patients, WeD, Leave 

'36" to Return to Civi] Life, 

Seven Detroitera 



BIG RED ARROW 
GOES TO 32ND 



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Inf. Upper Rlphti CORPL, H. B. EMERSON, Co, K. 126ih , 
Inf. Centrri Croi.v de Guene wilh Palm. Below: LT. COl..' 
A. T, COOPElt pinning French medal on CORPL. EMERSON, 



Nurses Oon Men!s Garb in 
France When Mud Gets Deep 



BBEiBKtlc "aear Cp''.TKijit 
Up" Campaign Now Going 
On In '■Dyniunic Detroit" 



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tpl. John Bicher, FrlTaiea 
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700 More Books Now 

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'to bun d red books f 
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tbeir appearajice I1 

appeal to Ibope Tf 
laklDC lanE^age coi 
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(Old by Mlaa Florence Foley, 
on daly at D. 3. CeDCral Hoa- 
pJtBl No. 36, irtio'lias luet-rclJTOCd 
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1 ol-Lolre. Franco. Scren ot llic 

D. S. S. Mnncbnrla. Uiey arc- 
Diana 0. I>odds, Mlaa FlarPDCe 
y. Mloo Harriet Pefk, Mi^s 
Edna Millar, MUa Kaiol Gorr. MIsa 
la Neubert. and Mlse Clara B. 



I Elnla 6. Braver 



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Three of Iho croup, Mlfs Peck. 
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lal wlDler )n Pari? wbeo BucHoa- 

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1. Oct 



Washington Plana to 
Keep Medics tn Army 



Local Theaters Give 
Tickets to Warriors 









becaoao 

i;l Ihf eiperlenoo of tba enllared 
Medical Corpt peraonool and ibelr 
irimlllBrtiT "Hb tbelr partloilar 
v,ork, liryabaU be retained In ib» 

Tbe abOTs an nonn cement bag 

p.ttlmeDl- Tbo Waablnelnn oOlca 
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No. 3S. 

On Tbnreday and Friday. 1( 
lick eta wars donated eacli day t 
Itie New OeliolL OILy by tbo D 
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Cnrrlck. and tweUly lor 11 
Temple theater. 



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CITY "POLICING 
UP" WITH VIM 



Democratic Ideal 
Rules Convention 
Hel d At St . Louis 

Army, Navy and Marine Corps Mix; 

Generals and Privates Meet; 

Delegates 1,000 Strong 

BY HOSPITAL artOEANT H, O, MULLFIBH, 

Mlniglng Editor at THE DETROIT AZUWER, 

ST, LOUIS. Mo., May 10.— (By Mail.)— Americanism— ICX) 
per cent pure — waa the standard set by the delegates to the first 
caucus of the American Legion to be held in the United States, 
which took place here on May 8, 9 and 10. 

Americanism, or New Americanism as so many of the for- 
mer fighters of Uncle Sara chose to call it, is, accorditig to tlia 
voice of the conventicn, an ideal uhich criibodies all the prin- 
ciples of Justice, Freedom and Democracy for which American 
manhood donned the khaki anl the blue and fought to uphold 
AIoic thtin a thoui^ind delft- 
gates, representing every stata. 



MICHIGAN TO 
HAVE LEGION 
POSTS SOON 



n,rfked by 'ha n.Jror, c1(r ofll- 
Boatd of Edtculon, and many olbw 

■Kelled (o gigantic proporUnoa. 



1 Is prcdlcl'd ihat by Ibo elojo ot 
he drlte, OD Ellutday. Iba city irlU 
10 UiorouRbly ■"policed up." 
Today Iba weeds In Detroit Br« 



Int; pulled bodily trom tba groand. 

Srowth ot ebrubtiery U being inm- 

Thunday. f>alnt Day. 

PalntlDE ol porcbei. woodwork. 

frncea and porch ' Choi ra la on Iba 

Sfbedulc [or Tburaday. Friday will 



3 MEDICS WIN 
BRITISH CROSS 



Kinz ^^Tge De«Fr»t« U. S. 
Medical Corps Captajtu An 
Rensrd for Heroic Deeds 



2"Buds" Ditch D.A.C. 
To Talk for Liberty 
Loan Drive at Wayne 



Tlie sncceni of tbe Liberty lots 

c RojptMJ No. H man tba tbaucbt 
t atlecdlDG a binqnot at tbs Db- 
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the District of Columbia and 
temtorial possessions of th* 
United States, gathered in th« 
Shubert- Jefferson theater when 
the first meeting ot the caucua 
wag called to order on Friday, 
May 8, by Lieut. Col. Theodorw 
Roosevelt, Jr. The many sub- 
sidiary organiiations to th« 
Legion were represented by of- 
ficers and clisted men from 
every rank of the Army, Navy 
and Marine Corps. 

A ipl-lt of comtadsWp ■bicli 
had been d^Teli:'p''a wblla aerrlag Iti 
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la action naar Cbaiaao TWeirr, 
July Jlat to Au«. Ttb. and near Ve.-- 
dun October Hlb to l«lb, ISll. Tbe 

Tleallilng tbe need ot medical at- 
testlOD at Iba Jrant. Lleutocinl 



wILb tba leadlns elamanta of hlK 
ioBi»i«nd. For (eran days, trom 
July 31 lo August T, ba ufely eracu- 

and toarlaa* actton. 

forward In tbe attack o( October l*- 
16. and on (be Ullar date, carried 
a manage back to tba auprly offl- 
car, rrgoeeilitc rood ler tbe tnen. 
Altboogb wounded and badly gsaud, 
be accomplished bJi mbulon. retne. 
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"36" HEROES 

MAKE TALKS 



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la£ Smoke Isoza tbne addad to 
ihe clouds that Healed orer tba 
rault of tbe bngr baUdlci* wbieh 
ta beat rem'mbated la Iba mlnda 
of bondrede ot IVIrollBn u Iba 

before Iheir Jii Jl to Canip:Cn«tn. 
PidbalJlT tbe returned velajmna 
derived mire pleaaoro fHUn . tbM 
Dolan-Mars ereni (ban frosi eUbeJ) 
of Ibn Diher iwo elEhl round ahowJ 

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variety, and bio aclIrKles eonltm-' 
led a puiilo Ibat CotaD could mat 
aolvo— el leaal within tbo ellbt^ 
rounda ibii iiro allollfHi btm. 

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OUR MAGAZINE SECTION 

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CHAPTERS FROM OUR OWN UN- 
NATURAL, HISTORY. 

Mules. 

Mules have two ends; the end 
they eat with and a business end. 
If a man goes too near the latter 
end, it may turn out to be his latter 
end. 

Mules are long on ears and short 
on brains. They are firm believers 
in the status quo. A mule has few- 
ideas; but once he takes a position, 
he believes in sticking to it. 

A jack-ass is the same as a mule 
only more so. The only difference 
is that he may have shorter ears. 

If a mule had literary inclinations, 
he could acquire a large vocabulary 
including many words not in Web- 
ster's. 



BASHFUL BENNIE 

Bennie was bashful 
And also very shy, 
He loved the girl 
And wanted to show 
Her a good time. 
He wanted to take 
Her out and buy 
Her a swell dinner. 
But he didn't ask her 
Because he was too shy. 
Yes, he was two shy — 
He was two dollars shy. 



IT'S PLAIN. 

"O, papa," little Archie said, 
"This question has me beat. 
Why is it that the quadrupeds 
So often have four feet?" 
"I'll tell you. Archie," papa spoke. 
"And make it clear to you. 
It's just like twins, to illustrate, 
They're usually two." 



THE OLD MAID'S PRAYER. 

An old maid 

Wanted a husband. 

She prayed: "Oh Lord, 

Send me a nice man." 

She met a fellow; 

He made love to her; 

She married him and 

He turned out to be a scamp. 

But she has no kick 
Coming because she should 
Not have prayed for a husband 
Unless she wanted one real bad. 



MY MODERN WIFE. 

irrieil to a stunni 
A maid of niotlerii style, 
She is the sweetest thing alive 
And has the sweetest smile, 
She cannot sew a button on, 
Her cooking has its faults. 
She caiuiot even boil an egg. 
But oh, how she can waltz! 

Slie likes to go to cabarets, 
And knows each lag-time ditty. 
She knows what di'ug-store stuff to 

use, 
To make herself look pretty; 
She sleeps each morning up to ten 
And heeds the ringing clocks not, 
She cannot cook, or bake or sew — 
But oh, how she can fox-trot! 



CHINESE POESI. 
backwards. 
Suuff their 
read to 
have You 
. everything and 
suey chop 
, flowers lotus 
, river 

Kiang Yangtze 
the 

, sprouts bamboo 
about write 
poets Chinese 
written, 
is poem 
Cliinese a 
way the 
is This 

RUSSIAN POEM 
Mary had a lambovich, 
I*-s fleece was white as snowslty; 
This is a Russian poem.ovich. 
They write their verses sosl^y. 

FRENCH POEM 
Tni, mini, miney meau, 
Catch a nigger by the teau; 
This is French verse as you l^neau, 
Ini, mini, miney meau. 

HEBREAV POEM 
$ ? $ c c $ oy, yoy; 
$ $ $ c c $ oy, yoy; 
j .t $ c c $ oh mine honey; 
$ $ $ c c $ get the money. 

ITALIAN POEM. 
Let we forget, let we forghetti, 
We'll write a verse about spaghetti: 
.lust like Italian poetti. 
Their verbal garlic's groat, you 
bhetti. 

HINDU POEM. 
(In The Original Hindustani; See It 
You Can Dope It Out) 
He re's a Hindu lu 11a by, 
"Hu shmy ba byd on't youf ret. 
"Whi let heri ver Ganges runs, 
'I t'swa ter wi llbe al way swet. 



A lot of girls need the equivalent 
of rouge for their minds. 



INTERESTING STATISTICS. 

77 7,666 tons of salt-petre were 
used by the Army last year. Salt- 
petre is one of the most important 
ingredients used in making gun- 
powder. 

There are 45,345 cooks in the 
Army. 87 per cent of these are 
good chauffeurs, farmers, clerks, 
etc. 

Forty per cent fewer cork-screws 
are now carried as a habitual thing 
than a year ago. 

456,891,789,987,543,876,657 pounds of 
hominy were served to soldiers 
in southern camps during the last 
winter. 

There are 22,555 recognized phi- 
lanthropists in this country. Two 
of these are in the plumbing busi- 
ness. 

758,936 girls pulled out part of 
their eye-brows during the past cal- 
endar year in compliance with an 
obscure decree of Dame Fashion. Of 
this number 346 improved their 
looks. 

The barbers of Chicago cut 4.248 
tons of hair from the heads of their 
customers during 1918. 

345,432 brides baked heavier-than- 
air biscuits last year or, to be more 
accurate, they baked biscuits which 
were heavier than the sum of the 
weights of all the ingredients used 
in making them. 

Recent investigations show that 
practically all domesticated squabs 
are pigeon-toed. 

">^urfew Shall Not Ring Tonight" 
was recited at 198.765 Friday after- 
noon programs of country schools 
during last December. 

There are 111,999 colonels in Ken- 
tucky, 111,999 inhabitants of that 
state give a colored man a quarter 
occasionally for performing an er- 
rand. 

There are 7,897 tenors in the 
sate of Kansas. Forty per cent of 
these have prominent Adam's ap- 
ples. 

6,376 restaurants decreased their 
business last year by advertising; 
"We do our own baking." 

There are 23,456,678 girls in this 
country who are "as pretty as a 
picture." 





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DE DUCKS GET IT. 

A lady one day asked a colored 
soldier how much he got a month. 

"Well, lady, we gets thuhty dol- 
lars a month, but de ducks get it 
all." 

"The ducks get it all!" said the 
surprised old lady, "Why, what do 
you mean?" 

"Well, it's this way. Dey gives us 
thuhty a month, hut de ducks fif- 
teen for allotment, dey de ducks a 
dollah foah hits foh laundry. So at 
the end of the month de ducks gets 
it all," 



EASY MONDY. 

A discharged soldier with hi.=i 
young wife recently went on a shop- 
ping tour in Washington. Ex-Ser- 
geant Jones, being very tired and 
not having much interest in walking 
the aisles of a department store, sat 
himself down in the lobby and prom- 
ised his wife to stay there until her 
return. Soon he was fast asleep. In 
a reclining position, with his hat in 
his hand, he was enjoying a quiet 
nap. When his wife returned she 
was shockingly surprised to see a 
dollar and a halt in her husband's 
hat. 



WASTED EFFORT. 

A squad of rookies, composed of 
various nationalities, mostly Italian, 
on being given the command "Mark 
time!" all executed the command 
with the exception of one small dark- 
skinned son of Naples. 

The sergeant asked him why he 
did not execute the movement and 
he replied: 

"Donna want to." 

"Why not?" sharply demanded the 
sergeant. 

"Cause-a we walk-a like duece and 
dont'a get-a no place!" 



An American soldier brought in 
a Hun prisoner recently and found 
the fellow had a pocket full of 
French money. The doughboy looked 
at the money, the picture of fine 
restaurants in Paris loomed before 
him, and then, tapping the Hun oh 
the shoulder, he said: 

"Kamerad, kannst du craps schut- 
zen?" 



HE GOT IT, FOR HIS NERVE. 

Private Murphy badly needed a 
week-end pass, but he had had so 
many his chances looked very slim. 
However he paraded before his C. O. 
'Sorr, I woulld loike to get a week- 
end pass." 

"What's the matter this time? 
Your grandmother hasn't died again 
surely?" 

"No, sorr; it's loike this, sorr. 
Oi've a brother who was born blind, 
sorr, and he's just got his sight and 
wants to see me, sorr." 



WHAT? 

In a newly mustered Irish regi- 
ment a conscientious lieutenant was 
haranguing his men before starting 
for the front. 

'It all depends on yez byes," he 
exhorted. "Will yez fight or will yez 
run?" 

"We will!" 

•Will what?" 

"Will not!" responded the men 
with one accord. 

"I knew yez would," said the satis- 
fled officer proudly. 



THE UNPARDONABLE SIN. 

An officer in the 9 2nd Division saw 
one of his men limping painfully as he 
came down the road and inquired as to 
the reason. 

"Well, suh, Ah was done kicked 
by a mu-el." 

"Kicked by a mule! Why, how 
did that happen, George?" 

"Ah doan' know, suh; Ah guess 
Ah done fohgot to salute him." 



MILITARY COURTESY. 

You are in the office at the camp 
dentist having a tooth pulled. As 
the officer yanks the took out, you 
yell "Ouch"' and bring your hand 
to your face. He thinks you are 
saluting him, drops his tools in your 
lap and returns the salute. And 
then you wake up. 



Officer — Have you mopped the 
floor yet? 

Private — No. 
Officer — No, what? 
Private — No mop. 



AS YOU WERE. 

An officer of the A. E. F. relates 
the following: 

"We had a bunch of Negro troops 
on board and it was a terrible ex- 
perience to them, as most of them 
had never been away from home be- 
fore. They were very religious and 
used to pray all over the ship. One 
big buck held a prayer right outside 
my window thus; "O I^ord, if Thou 
doesn't do another thing on this trip, 
call this ocean to attention." 



MORE SPEED. 

A trainload of newly drafted men 
reached their cantonment late in the 
afternoon. By the time they had 
passed through the receiving station 
and the hands of the doctors it was 
nearly midnight. Several of them 
were awakened at 4 o'clock the fol- 
fowing morning to assist the cooks in 
preparing breakfast. As one well 
built, sleepy drafted man got to his 
feet he stretched and yawned: 

"It doesn't take long to spend a 
night in the army." 



TOO EARLY. 

For the first three mornings the 
rookie had been late for reveille roll- 
call and the top sergeant was get- 
ting tired of bawling him out. On 
the fourth morning the rookie came 
out of his tent, half dressed and 
rubbing his eyes. 

"Say, you," bawled the sergeant, 
"can't you get out here when reveille 
blows?" 

'No, sir," replied the rookie, it al- 
ways blows before I get up." 



"A PRESENT HELP IN TIME OF 
NEED." 

It was his first guard duty. 

"Halt! Who's that?" 

"Officer of the Day." 

"Advance, Officer of the Day, and 
be recognized." 

The O. D. waited for his recogni- 
tion. Finally the rookie blurted out 
nervously: 

"What sayest thou?" 



THE LEARNED SIAJOR AND THE 
LOWLY PRIVATE. 

Major — My boy, what do you in- 
tend doing when you get out of the 
army? 

Private — Stay out, sir. 



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THE SOLDIER'S PRAYER. 

Now I lay me down to sleep 

I pray thee. Lord, my gun to keep 

Let no other soldier take 

My socks and shoes before I wake. 

Lord, please grant me with my slum- 
ber 

To keep this cot upon its lumber 

May no peg or guy rope break 

And let my tent down before I wake. 

Keep me safely in thy sight. 

Grant no fire drills at night. 

And in the morning let me wake 

Breathing scent of sirloin steak. 

God protect me in my dreams 

And make it better than it seems, 

Grant the time will swiftly fly 

When I myself shall rest on high. 

Deliver me from work and drills 

And when I'm sick don't feed me 
pills. 

If I should hurt this head of mine 

Don't paint it up with iodine. 

Take me back into the land 

Where they walk without a band, 

Where no thrilling bugle blows 

And where the women wash the 
clothes. 

In a cozy feather bed 

Where I long to lay my head 

Far away from company scenes 

And the smell of half-baked beans; 

God, thou knowest all my woes. 

Heed me in my dying throes — 

Take me back — I promise then 

Never to enlist again. 

— The Ward Healer. 



COMMUNICATE IT FLORALLY. 

Hey, sergeant, don't cuss out that 

bone-headed private; 
Don't flay him with language profuse 

and profane; 
For there is a way far more forceful 

and fitting 
To show what you think and to make 

It quite plain; 
Say it with flowers. 

Hey, soldier, don't rave at the colonel 

or captain 
For turning you down when you asked 
for discharge; ' 

Don't make the surrounding air blue 

with your curses. 
Do just what I mentioned above to 
the sarge; 
Say it with flowers. 

— E. J. B. 



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verse 



THE MEDICS' AVE.\PON. 
We have no guns or rifles, 

Xo sabres or grenades; 
We have no showy weapons 

To cai'iy in parades; 
But in this branch of service 
We do go o'ei' the top 
(Of floors) but not with rifles — 
AVe do it with a mop. 

Nor do we liandle jiowder 

Or deadly TNT; 
We work with soap and water 

To save democracy; 
We're all the time policing 

But much unlike a cop, 
We have no stars or billies — 

We do it witli a mop. 

— E. J. B. 



THE RHYMES OF A RED STRIPE 

MAN. 

By 

Robert Outa Service. 
Oh ai'iiiy chow! oh ai'niy chow! 
I wish that I could eat you now. 
A plate of beans would liit the spot; 
Some army slum would help a lot. 
No job, no gi'ub, financial cares — 
Back to the army and three squares! 
— E. J. B. 



QUOTH THE MAIDEN EVER: 
"MOORE." 

A certain young soldier named Moore, 
Fell in love, then fell out and got sore; 
But the girl he had kissed, 
Was like Oliver Twist — 
She was all the time crying for 
Moore. 

— E. J. B. 



HE DID WHAT HE SAID. 

He said: "I'm dying for a drink 
And of this alcohol I'll quaff," 
It was not grain but it was wood 
And now he has an epitaph. 

— E. .1. B. 



ALAS! 

Two lovers sat upon a bench. 
The one a soldier from the trench. . 
"Whose lir cootie are you, dear?" 
That's why the romance ended here. 
— 'Tenshun 21! 



OBEYING-ORDERS. 

My parents told me not to smoke. I 

don't. 
Nor listen to a naughty joke. I don't. 
They made it clear I mustn't wink 

At pretty girls or even think 

About intoxicating drink. I don't. 
To flirt or dance is very wrong. 1 

don't. 
Wild youth chase women, wine and 

song. I don't. 
I kiss no girls not even one, 
I do not know how it is done. 
You would not think I had much fun. 

I don't. 

— Fly Paper, France. 



TRAGEDY. 

"How sweet is love. 
But yet how bitter. 
To love a girl 
And then not gitter." 

—The Trouble Buster. 

He bought her flowers. 
And many a dinner; 
He tried darn hard. 
But couldn't winner. 

How sweet is love. 
But how much better 
He'd feel if he 
Had never metter. 

— E. J. B. 



THE SLOGAN OF THE ARMY. 

The army has slogans and sayings 

well-known. 
And phrases which you will recall; 
And so has this outfit a slogan that's 

voiced 
And meant from the heart by us all. 

Tou hear it at morning, at noontime, 

at night. 
Between times, all soldiers repeat 
That watch -word, that question, that 

yearningful phrase; 
I'll quote it "Say when do we eat?" 

— E. J. B. 



Philosophy, some one has said, is 
the happy faculty of being able to 
kid yourself along. 



OH, TIME IN THY FLIGHT. 

'Twas the night before Pay Day, and 

all thru my jeans 
I hunted in vain for the price of some 

beans. 
Not a quarter was stirring, not even 

a Jit; 
The Kale was off duty, milled edges 

had quit. 
Forward, turn forward. Oh Time in 

thy flight- 
Make it tomorrow, just for tonight! 

—Ex. 





Cbei)xg -translated) 
"-welcome tome'' 



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LETTERS PROM PRIVATE PETE. 
THE HOSPITAL,. 

dere FOLKS. 

this is the biggest hosspitle in the 
wurld. let me give You an idea of 
how big it reely is. Sum wards in 
the other End of the hosspittle bild- 
ing is so fur away frum here that 
when they send a Feller there for 
duty They have to put him on de- 
tatched Service. 

When they put in tones here they 
had to get Long distance tones be- 
cawse the bilding is so fur spred out. 

their is thousands of beds in the 
hosspitle. a Feller figgered it out that 
if all the Bed Sheets was washed 
at one time And hung on a Line to 
dry, this hear wash Line would reach 
frum mishigan to ohio. 

PETE. 



THE LABORATORY RAM. 

Dere pa. this is a pikclier of the 
hospital gote or rather ram I should 
of said, it belongs to the labertory to 
make tests with, they have been try- 
ing to find a nice name for it, a nurse 
said bertha would be a nice name for it 
and another said lucille, but the jolce 
is on them cause it aint that kind of a 
g'ote. ha ha. ha ha. 

, I r,ote a pome about this critter and 
here it is 

I wisht I was like this here ram 
he gets free chuck from uncle 

sam 
the only thing he does at all 
is hunk fateeg there in his stall 
he never lines up for his eats 
when he gets hungry he .just 

bleats 
of course the stuff they feed this 

ram 
Is fierce but he don't give-adam. 
No doubt, you see I ain joking. I don't 
never want to be no gote. I want to 
be a corpral. love and yours truly, 

PETE. 



MORALE AVORK. 



we have a ctiptin hear who is 
more-all offiser. He gets us free 
Tickets to All the shows and we 
don't have to carry water to the 
elefants or nuthin. 

PETE. 



BESSIE BUNK'S ADVICE. 

There are a lot of fine old trees in 
our front yard. How can I attract 
the squirrels? Nature Lover. 

Why don't you sit on your front 
porch for several hours each day in 
a position where the squirrels can see 
you? 



Our grocery-hoy alway's dirties up 
the back-porch when he delivers our 
orders. I don't want to hurt his feel- 
ings and would like to learn of a dip- 
lomatic way of preventing this. 

Mrs. L. 

Tactfully suggest that he come in 
the front way after this. 



I have a sweetheart ,who is a 
corporal. He has told me a lot about 
military customs and I am beginning 
to appreciate the great responsibili- 
ties he has to carry for his small pay. 
What I want to ask is this: 

Do the Army nurses have to salute 
corporals? 

PRUNELLA Y. 

No, they don't have to salute them; 
they simply stand at attention when 
a corporal comes into the room. 

The insignia of the army are a con- 
stant riddle to me. The other day, 
I saw a soldier with two old-gold 
chevrons on his arm. Their color was 
like that of the autumn sun shining 
through a haze. What do they sig- 
nify,? MYRTLE. 
Fach chevron signifies six months 
The old-gold color does not mean 
"over there" but three months "on 
there." He has worn his silver chev- 
rons for that length of time. 



What will clean ivory? D. B. V. 
Any good shampoo soap ought to 
be suitable. 



What would you suggest as a bal- 
anced diet for silk-worms? 

OLE SWENSON. 

The best thing which we have 
found in our experience is ground 
corn-cobs stewed in vinegar with just 
a pinch of horse-radish added for 
flavor. 



UNFAMILIAR FACTS. 

Practically no spaghetti is eaten in 
Afghanistan. 

234,896 musical instruments and 10,- 
687 ukeleles were sold by Chicago 
mail-order houses last year. 

43,456 moonlight boat-rides were 
conducted July 4. The average dis- 
tance between a fellow and his girl 
according to figures tabulated for 188,- 
765 couples, was 000002 inches. 

The average woman is said to have 
a vocabulary of 3,500 words. But 
think of the rapid turn-over of her 
verbal stock, to use store-keepers' 
lingo. 

There are 345,678,999,111 holes in 
the socks of the bachelors of the 
United States. 

Some one has counted 5,543 differ- 
ent, thoroughly respectable ways in 
which a girl can amuse herself. And 
yet some of them do tatting. 

2,789,456 people own fishing tackled 
Twenty per cent of these catch fish 
and the other eighty per cent are 
worm-drowners. 

There are 678 cuckoo clocks in the 
State of Delaware, not including Wil- 
mington. Thirteen of these are in 
running order and keep time. 

567,345 celluloid collars were sold 
in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi 
during 1918. 

The distance from Detroit to Buf- 
falo is approximately the same as that 
from Buffalo to Detroit. 

67,899 people who have acquired 
Dominant Will-Power by means of 
correspondence school instruction turn 
over and go to sleep again when they 
hear the alarm-clock in the morning. 



LOST AND FOUND. 

They met one evening face-to-face. 

Their talk was heart-to-heart; 

.\nd when the village clock struck 

twelve. 
He said: "I must depart." 

The color all had left her cheek, 

He thought: "It pains her so 

"To see nie leave: her heart stands still, 

"She pales to see me go." 

Her face was wan, her cheeks were 

pale. 
Put that did not denote 
Her color left because he did — 
It was upon his coat. 





LIEUTENANT H. C. HINES 



HOSPITAL SERGEANT 
H. G. HULLFISH 




HOSPITAL SERGEANT 
E. J. BECK 



Stajf of ''36'' Review 

Lieutenant H. C. Hines Editor 

Hospital Sgt. H. G. Hullfish . . Associate Editor 
Hospital Sgt. E. J. Beck . . , . . Magazine Editor 
Ruth Ann Wilbur Hines (R. A.) . . .Art Editor 
Jos. E. Kuczynski (R. A.) . .Staff Photographer 
Pvt. H. F. Williams. .Ass't Staff Photographer 
Sgt. Erie D. Parsons Liaison 




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